Fortress Around Your Heart (Lyrics) Chords

Tempo:
120.55 bpm
Chords used:

C

Dm

Cm

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Fortress Around Your Heart (Lyrics) chords
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[Dm] [Cm]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] [Cm]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Dm] under [C] the ruins [Dm] of a [A] walled city [Dm] [Cm] crumbling towers [F] of beams of [Cm] yellow light
[Dm] no [C] flags of truth [F] no cries of [C] pity [Dm] [Cm] siege guns are being [Bb] pounded through [C] the night
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb] we [Cm] walked through the [Eb] streets in the [Ab] [Dbm] afternoon as [Bm] I returned [A] across the fields [Ab] I'd known
[Dbm] I [B] recognized [A] the walls that I'd [B] once made [Dbm] [Bm] had to [E] stop in my tracks [B] for fear of [E] walking on [B] the line
[E] [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest [D] full of blood [Em] a circle [D] of you [G] filled it [Am] and [D] I'm gone
I'll [Em] [D]
[G] finish [Am] [D] organ and orgasm [Cm] and [Dm] we'll face [Eb] a [F] battle of [G] [A] [Gm] love
[F]
[G] [Cm] [G] and [C] I'm involved [Bb] to fight some [Cm] battle [Dm] that [C] I'd invented [F] inside my [C] head
[G] who [Ab] wished alone [Eb] for years and [Ab] years [G] who [Ab] probably thought or [G] even wished that I [Ab] was dead
[Db] [Bm] while the armies [E] all are sleeping [B] [Db] [B] beneath the [E] tattered flag [B] we'd made
[Db] I [B] had to stop [E] in my tracks [B] for fear [A] of [E] walking on [B] the line [E] [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest
[D] full of blood [Em] a circle [D] of you [G] in the shoes [Am] and my [D] heart
[Em] let [D] me fill [G] the pitch [Am] for [D] organ I filled the chasm [Cm] and let [Dm] me sip [Eb] the bite [F] of a [G] song of [Gm] heart
[F]
[Bb] [Am] [Dm] [C]
[F] [Cm] [Dm] [C]
[Bbm] [C] [Dm] [Cm] prison is now [Bb] become your [Cm] home [F] a sentence you've seen briefly [C] today
[G] [Cm] it's a good day [Eb] to build a [Cm] city [G] we [Cm] walked through the [Eb] streets in the [Cm] afternoon
[Db] as [B] I returned [E] across the lands [B] I'd known [Db] I [B] recognized the [A] fields where I'd [Bm] once [Dbm] played
I had to stop [A] in my tracks [B] for fear of [E] walking on the line [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest [D] full of blood
a [Em] circle [D] of you [G] in the shoes [Am] and my [D] heart let [Em] [D] me fill [G] the pitch [Am] [D] for organ I filled the chasm
[Cm] and let [Dm] me sip [Eb] the bite [F] of a [G] song of heart
[Bb] [Eb] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Gm] [F] [C]
[Bb] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [Gm] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm] [F]
[D] [F]
Key:  
C
3211
Dm
2311
Cm
13421113
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
Cm
13421113
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To learn Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Em, D, Em, D, G, Am, D, B, E, B and Db. A strategic approach would be to train at 60 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 121. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] under [C] the ruins [Dm] of a [A] walled city [Dm] _ [Cm] crumbling towers [F] of beams of [Cm] yellow light
[Dm] no [C] flags of truth [F] no cries of [C] pity [Dm] _ [Cm] siege guns are being [Bb] pounded through [C] the night
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] we [Cm] walked through the [Eb] streets in the _ [Ab] _ [Dbm] afternoon as [Bm] I returned [A] across the fields [Ab] I'd known
[Dbm] I [B] recognized [A] the walls that I'd [B] once made [Dbm] _ [Bm] had to [E] stop in my tracks [B] for fear of [E] walking on [B] the line
[E] _ [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest [D] full of blood _ _ _ [Em] a circle [D] of you [G] filled it [Am] and [D] I'm gone _
I'll _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] finish [Am] _ _ [D] organ and _ _ orgasm [Cm] and [Dm] we'll face [Eb] a [F] battle of [G] _ _ [A] [Gm] love
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] and [C] I'm involved [Bb] to fight some [Cm] battle [Dm] that [C] I'd invented [F] inside my [C] head
[G] who [Ab] wished alone [Eb] for years and [Ab] years [G] who [Ab] probably thought or [G] even wished that I [Ab] was dead
[Db] _ [Bm] while the armies [E] all are sleeping [B] _ [Db] _ [B] beneath the [E] tattered flag [B] we'd made
[Db] I [B] had to stop [E] in my tracks [B] for fear [A] of [E] walking on [B] the line [E] _ _ [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest
[D] full of blood _ _ [Em] a circle [D] of you [G] in the shoes [Am] and my [D] heart _
_ _ _ _ [Em] let [D] me fill [G] the pitch [Am] _ for [D] organ I filled the chasm [Cm] and let [Dm] me sip [Eb] the bite [F] of a [G] song of [Gm] heart
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] prison is now [Bb] become your [Cm] home [F] a sentence you've seen briefly [C] today
_ [G] _ [Cm] it's a good day [Eb] to build a [Cm] city _ [G] we [Cm] walked through the [Eb] streets in the [Cm] afternoon
_ [Db] as [B] I returned [E] across the lands [B] I'd known [Db] I [B] recognized the [A] fields where I'd [Bm] once [Dbm] played
I had to stop [A] in my tracks [B] for fear of [E] walking on the line _ [Em] and if [D] I filled [G] this whole [Am] chest [D] full of blood
_ _ a [Em] circle [D] of you [G] in the shoes [Am] and my [D] heart _ let _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] me fill [G] the pitch [Am] _ [D] for organ I filled the chasm
_ [Cm] and let [Dm] me sip [Eb] the bite [F] of a [G] song of heart _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song was composed by Sting.

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