Fortress Around Your Heart chords by Sting

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              'Fortress Around Your Heart'
                  by Sting

Album Info:
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 Song:  Fortress Around Your Heart
 Artist: Sting
 Album:  The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
 Version: Album version
 Uni/A&M; ASIN: B000002GFA
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 Transcribed by: Robert Seder [[email protected]]
  Original Post: Akira Nakahara [[email protected]]

This is played with a single 6-string electric guitar with standard
(EADGBE) tuning. This took me a little while to learn, so I figured I
of the original poster, it may be distributed freely. I have merely
expanded on the original post. I've included more detail of the song.

Guitar Setup:
Use the neck pickups to get a warm a sound as you can. If you have
chorus, set the rate to 40% and the depth to 60%. If you have a delay,
set that to match the song. On a Line6 POD, I am using 'POD Layer' with
'Drive' set to 55% with delay and chorus. Effect tweak set at 45%.

Playing:
I strummed upstrokes for the Rythym phrases, so you don't end up
catching the G+G string. Other than that, I think it's self-explanatory.
Also, Rythym I is used played 4 times in the intro.

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Verse:
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  Rythym I (4x)   Rythym II (2x)
E MajorE|--10--8--5--8----|-9-8-6-8-----------------------------------
BB|--10--8--6--8----|-8-9-4-9-----------------------------------
G+G|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------|-------------------------------------------

  Rythym III (4x)  Rythym IV (1x)
E MajorE|---9--7--4--7----|-5-4-2-4-----------------------------------
BB|---9--7--5--7----|-4-5-0-5-----------------------------------
G+G|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
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Chorus:
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  E minor 7Em7 D5/F# G+G Am7Am7 C majorC D MajorD   C majorC  D MajorD (Repeat 3x)
E MajorE|-0----0------3--3-------------------------------------------
BB|-3----3------3--1---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
G+G|-0----2------0--0---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
D MajorD|-2----0------0--2---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
A augmentedA|-2----0------2--0---3/5-5-5\3-3-3/5-5-5\3-------------------
E MajorE|-0----2------3----------------------------------------------

  Cm7Cm7 Dm7Dm7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 FF
E MajorE|-3----5----6-------8--------------------------------------------
BB|-4----6----8-------10--------------------------------------------
G+G|-3----5----7-------10--------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-5----7----8-------10--------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-3----5----6-------8--------------------------------------------
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------

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