Sting Fortress Around Your Heart

Tom: A From: (Jordi-Ken Nakahara) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the album: Dream of the Blue Turtles Intro: Riff #1 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 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: 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) Van Halen, and the Rolling Stones, Thanks. -- Ken Nakahara Toronto, Canada