Fortress Around Your Heart
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Em D/F# G Am And if I built this fortress aroundD your heartEm D/F# G Encircled you in trenches andAm D barbed wireEm D/F# G Am Then let me build a bridge, for ID cannot fill the chasmCm7 Dm7 Eb7+ F And let me set the battlements on fireGm9 Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my headEb Away so long for years and yearsContinues after the adYou probably thought or even wished that I was deadF#m9 While the armies all are sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we made I had to stop in my tracks for fearB7/4 Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat ChorusGm9 This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to payEb It took a day to build the city We walked through it's streets this afternoonF#m9 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 fearB7/4 Of walking on the mines I'd laid