Fortress Around Your Heart Tab by Sting #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: ab218@freenet.toronto.on.ca (Jordi-Ken Nakahara) Fortress Around Your Heart STING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the album: Dream of the Blue Turtles This is my second posting so my explanations may not be all that good. Nevertheless, I hope you will enjoy playing this great Sting classic. Intro: Riff #1 e-10-10-10-8-8-5-5-8-8-| play this a total of 4 times. B----------------------| G----------------------| D----------------------| A----------------------| E----------------------| Part A: play riff #1 throughout the section below. 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 Riff #2 E-9-9-9-8-8-6-6-8-8-| play this a total of 2 times B-------------------| G-------------------| D-------------------| A-------------------| E-------------------| Part B: play riff #2 throughout the section below. It took a day to build the city We walked through the streets in the afternoon Riff #3: E-9-9-9-7-7-4-4-7-7-| play this a total of 4 times. B-------------------| G-------------------| D-------------------| A-------------------| E-------------------| Part C: play riff #3 throughout the section below. 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 walking on the mines I'd laid Chorus: Dm C Am C And if I built this fortress around your heart Dm C Am C Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Dm C Am C Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm Dm c Am c And let me set the battlements on fire Part D: play riff #1 throughout the section below. Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head Part E: play riff #2 throughout the section below. Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead Part F: play riff #3 throughout the section below. While the armies all are sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we made I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus Part G: play riff #1 throughout the section below. This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to pay Part H: play riff #2 throughout the section below. It took a day to build the city We walked through it's streets this afternoon Part I: play riff #3 throughout the section below. 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 walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus Go back to intro riff. Whew! That was harder to explain than I thought. Your comments or corrections would be greatly appreciated. Akira Nakahara (using my brother's account) P.S. Also I'd like to get my hands on any tablature for Sting, Van Halen, and the Rolling Stones, Thanks. -- Ken Nakahara ab218@torfree.net Toronto, Canada