Mat Kearney - Fortress: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Fortress" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Bm              G              D        A
Let me be your fortress, I'll let you in
Bm              G             D        A
Hide away your secrets, I'll carry them
Bm                   G      D       A
You're the one I've wanted to defend
        Bm            G         D
If you let me be the hero I've never been

'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks
We both see where we keep comin' back
I don't care what you've said in the past
Out of the forest behind my door is a
Fortress

Chorus:
Bm                 G
Out of the forest behind my door is a
A
Fortress

Let me be the war already won
You can be the nation where I come from
We can be the kingdom yet to come
If you let me be, let me be the one

'Cause our hearts can't cover the tracks
We both see where we keep comin' back
I don't care what you've said in the past
Out of the forest behind my door is a
Fortress

Chorus:
Out of the forest behind my door is a
Fortress

Bm                    G
Evergreens evergreens, all up ahead of me
  D                      A
Blazin' a trail with the enemy textin' me
You like the best of me, not all the rest of me
'Minds of seventy, put 'em on phentermines
Forever don't know what it meant to me
Everything anyone ever has said to me
But you call my revelry, like you were sent to me
Must climb to the mezzanine stay will we're seventy
Under the stars it's heavenly yes
Out of the forest behind my door is a

Fortress
Fortress


Chorus:
Out of the forest behind my door is a
Fortress


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Fortress" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Fortress" by Mat Kearney.