Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Fortress Around Your Heart" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.
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Learn Fortress Around Your Heart Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Sting
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Fortress Around Your Heart" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
G#m Under the ruins of a walled city Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light No flags of truce, no cries of pity The siege guns had been pounding all through the night D# It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon F#m As I returned across the fields I'd known I recognized the walls that I'd once made I had to stop in my tracks for fear B7 Of walking on the mines I'd laid Chorus: Em D/F# G Am D And if I built this fortress around your heart Em D/F# G Am D Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Em D/F# G Am D Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm Cm7 Dm7 D#7 F And let me set the battlements on fire Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead While the armies are all sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we'd made I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid Chorus: And if I built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge For I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to pay It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon As I returned across the lands I'd known I recognized the fields where I'd once played I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid Chorus: And if I built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge For I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsAm  Cm  Cm7  D  Dm  D#  Dm7  D#7  Em  F  F#  F#m  G  G#m  B7  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 Around Your Heart" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Fortress Around Your Heart" by Sting.