Fortress Around Your Heart Sting
Play riff 1 four times as intro.
Verse:
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Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns have been pounding all through the night
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It took a day to build the city
We walked through the streets in the afternoon
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As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I once made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of [Ab7]walking [Ab7sus]on the [Ab7]mines I'd [Ab7sus]laid
Chorus:
And [Dbm]if I [B]built this f[E]ortre[A]ss aroun[B]d your [A]heart[B]
Encirc[Dbm]led [B]you in [E]trenches [A]and barbed [B]wire[A] [B]
Then [Dbm]let me [B]build a [E]bridge, [A]for I [B]cannot fil[A]l the chas[B]m
And l[C]et me [D]set the [C]battle[D]ments on f[E]ire
Intro riff 2 times
Verse:
Play riff #1 on these two lines
Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Play riff #2 on these two lines
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
Play riff #3 for these three lines
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of [Ab7]walking [Ab7sus]on the [Ab7]mines I'd l[Ab7sus]aid
Repeat Chorus
Verse:
Play riff #1 on these two lines
This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
Play riff #2 on these two lines
It took a day to build the city
We walked through it's streets this afternoon
Play riff #3 on these three lines
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 fear
Of [Ab7]walking [Ab7sus]on the [Ab7]mines I'd l[Ab7sus]aid
Repeat Chorus
Go back to intro riff.
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