G5 (xxxx10-10 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-5 xxxx8-8) 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 Eb5 (xxxx(b9)9 xxxx8-8 xxxx6-6 xxxx8-8) It took a day to build the city We walked through the streets in the afternoon F#5 (xxxx(b9)9 xxxx7-7 xxxx5-4 xxxx7-7) 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 B/4 (xxxx7-7 xxxx5-5 xxxx4-4 SI7/4) Of walking on the mines I'd laid Chorus: E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 And if I built this fortress around your heart E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire E5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm C5 D5 Eb7+ F5 And let me set the battlements on fire G5 Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head Eb5 Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead F#5 While the armies all are sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we made I had to stop in my tracks for fear B/4 Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus G5 This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to pay Eb5 It took a day to build the city We walked through it's streets this afternoon F#5 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 B/4 Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus CIAO CLAUDIO