Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Fortress Around Your Heart" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Fortress Around Your Heart ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Fortress Around Your Heart" smoothly on your ukulele.

G#m
Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers and beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

D#
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon

F#m
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I'd once made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
    B7
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Chorus:
   Em      D         G   Am     D
And if I built this fortress around your heart
   Em       D      G      Am          D
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
  Em         D        G    Am      D
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
    Cm7    Dm7     D#7    F
And let me set the battlements on fire

Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead

While the armies are all sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Chorus:
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon

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 for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

Chorus:
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

Cm

Ukulele chord Cm

Cm7

Ukulele chord Cm7

D

Ukulele chord D

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

D#

Ukulele chord D#

Dm7

Ukulele chord Dm7

D#7

Ukulele chord D#7

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F

Ukulele chord F

F#

Ukulele chord F#

F#m

Ukulele chord F#m

G

Ukulele chord G

G#m

Ukulele chord G#m

B7

Ukulele chord B7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Fortress Around Your Heart" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Fortress Around Your Heart" by Sting.