Chords for Sting - fortress around your heart
Tempo:
119.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Gm
Eb
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[Gm] [G]
[Gm]
[Gm] [G] Under the [Dm] ruins of a walled city Crumbling [F] towers and beams [G] of yellow light
No flags of truth, no [G] cries of pity [D] Siege guns [G] have been pounding through the
night [Eb] It took a day to build a [Ab] city
[Eb] [Ab] We walked through its streets [Eb] in the [Ab] afternoon [Gb] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[Db] [Gb] I recognized the walls that I'd once made [Gb] Had to stop in my tracks [B] for fear
Of [E] walking [B] on the lines [E] [Em] I'd made
If I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles
[Em] Let me grip [G] the [Am] fish, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on [Gm] fire
[C] Then I went [G] off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head
[Eb] We wasted all our years [Ab] and years We probably thought or even wished that I was [Ab] dead
[Db] [Gb] While the armies all asked me [Db] [Gb] Beneath that tattered flag we'd [Ab] made
I [Gb] had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking [B] on the [Abm] lines I'd [Em] made
[D] If I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles
[Em] Let [D] me feel [G] the [Am] beach, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on fire
These prisons [Gm] now become [G] your home [D] [G] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
[Db] [Cm] It took a [Eb] day to build [Cm] a city [Eb] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[Db] As I [Gb] returned across the lands I'd known [Db] I [Gb] recognized the fields where I'd once [Ab] played
I had [Gb] to stop in my tracks [B] for fear Of [E] walking on [B] the lines [Em] I'd made
If [D] I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a view [G] in centuries [Am] and miles
[D]
Let [Em] [D]
[G] [Am] me feel the beach, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on fire
[Gm] [G]
[Gm] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
[Gm] [C]
[Gm] [G]
[Gm] [G]
[Gm]
[Gm] [G] Under the [Dm] ruins of a walled city Crumbling [F] towers and beams [G] of yellow light
No flags of truth, no [G] cries of pity [D] Siege guns [G] have been pounding through the
night [Eb] It took a day to build a [Ab] city
[Eb] [Ab] We walked through its streets [Eb] in the [Ab] afternoon [Gb] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[Db] [Gb] I recognized the walls that I'd once made [Gb] Had to stop in my tracks [B] for fear
Of [E] walking [B] on the lines [E] [Em] I'd made
If I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles
[Em] Let me grip [G] the [Am] fish, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on [Gm] fire
[C] Then I went [G] off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head
[Eb] We wasted all our years [Ab] and years We probably thought or even wished that I was [Ab] dead
[Db] [Gb] While the armies all asked me [Db] [Gb] Beneath that tattered flag we'd [Ab] made
I [Gb] had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking [B] on the [Abm] lines I'd [Em] made
[D] If I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles
[Em] Let [D] me feel [G] the [Am] beach, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on fire
These prisons [Gm] now become [G] your home [D] [G] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
[Db] [Cm] It took a [Eb] day to build [Cm] a city [Eb] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
[Db] As I [Gb] returned across the lands I'd known [Db] I [Gb] recognized the fields where I'd once [Ab] played
I had [Gb] to stop in my tracks [B] for fear Of [E] walking on [B] the lines [Em] I'd made
If [D] I built [G] this [Am] fortress [D] around your heart [Em] It's [D] like a view [G] in centuries [Am] and miles
[D]
Let [Em] [D]
[G] [Am] me feel the beach, [D] forget the chasm [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the [F] battlements [G] on fire
[Gm] [G]
[Gm] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
[Gm] [C]
[Gm] [G]
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[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Under the [Dm] ruins of a walled city _ _ Crumbling [F] towers and beams [G] of yellow light
No flags of truth, no [G] cries of pity _ [D] _ Siege guns [G] have been pounding through the
night _ [Eb] It took a day to build a [Ab] city
[Eb] [Ab] We walked through its streets [Eb] in the [Ab] afternoon _ [Gb] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[Db] [Gb] I recognized the walls that I'd once made _ [Gb] Had to stop in my tracks [B] for fear
Of [E] walking [B] on the lines [E] _ [Em] I'd made
If I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress _ [D] around your _ _ heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Let me grip [G] the [Am] fish, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ _ [Cm] When we set [Eb] the _ _ [F] battlements [G] on _ [Gm] fire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Then I went [G] off to fight some battle _ That I'd invented inside my head
_ [Eb] We wasted all our years [Ab] and years We probably thought or even wished that I was [Ab] dead
_ [Db] [Gb] While the armies all asked me _ [Db] _ [Gb] Beneath that tattered flag we'd [Ab] made
I [Gb] had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking [B] on the [Abm] lines I'd [Em] made
[D] If I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress _ [D] around your heart _ _ [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Let [D] me feel [G] the [Am] beach, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the _ [F] battlements [G] on _ fire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ These prisons [Gm] now become [G] your home _ [D] [G] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
_ [Db] [Cm] It took a [Eb] day to build [Cm] a city _ [Eb] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
_ [Db] As I [Gb] returned across the lands I'd known [Db] _ I [Gb] recognized the fields where I'd once [Ab] played
I had [Gb] to stop in my tracks [B] for fear Of [E] walking on [B] the lines _ [Em] I'd made
If [D] I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress [D] around your heart _ _ [Em] It's [D] like a view [G] in centuries [Am] and miles
[D] _ _
Let _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [Am] me feel the beach, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ _ [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the _ [F] battlements [G] on fire
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[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Under the [Dm] ruins of a walled city _ _ Crumbling [F] towers and beams [G] of yellow light
No flags of truth, no [G] cries of pity _ [D] _ Siege guns [G] have been pounding through the
night _ [Eb] It took a day to build a [Ab] city
[Eb] [Ab] We walked through its streets [Eb] in the [Ab] afternoon _ [Gb] As I returned across the fields I'd known
[Db] [Gb] I recognized the walls that I'd once made _ [Gb] Had to stop in my tracks [B] for fear
Of [E] walking [B] on the lines [E] _ [Em] I'd made
If I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress _ [D] around your _ _ heart [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Let me grip [G] the [Am] fish, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ _ [Cm] When we set [Eb] the _ _ [F] battlements [G] on _ [Gm] fire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Then I went [G] off to fight some battle _ That I'd invented inside my head
_ [Eb] We wasted all our years [Ab] and years We probably thought or even wished that I was [Ab] dead
_ [Db] [Gb] While the armies all asked me _ [Db] _ [Gb] Beneath that tattered flag we'd [Ab] made
I [Gb] had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking [B] on the [Abm] lines I'd [Em] made
[D] If I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress _ [D] around your heart _ _ [Em] It's [D] like a [G] view in centuries [Am] and [D] miles _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] Let [D] me feel [G] the [Am] beach, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the _ [F] battlements [G] on _ fire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ These prisons [Gm] now become [G] your home _ [D] [G] A sentence you seem prepared to pay
_ [Db] [Cm] It took a [Eb] day to build [Cm] a city _ [Eb] We walked through its streets in the afternoon
_ [Db] As I [Gb] returned across the lands I'd known [Db] _ I [Gb] recognized the fields where I'd once [Ab] played
I had [Gb] to stop in my tracks [B] for fear Of [E] walking on [B] the lines _ [Em] I'd made
If [D] I built [G] this _ [Am] fortress [D] around your heart _ _ [Em] It's [D] like a view [G] in centuries [Am] and miles
[D] _ _
Let _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [Am] me feel the beach, _ [D] forget the _ chasm _ _ [Cm] When [Dm] we set [Eb] the _ [F] battlements [G] on fire
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