Play riff 1 four times as intro.
Verse:
e-10-10-8----8-| one per line (riff 1)
B-10-10-8-10-8-|
G--7--7-8-10-7-|
D---------10---|
A--------------|
E--------------|
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
e-9-9-8---8-| one per line (riff 2)
B-9-9-8-9-8-|
G-8-8-8-8-8-|
D-------8---|
A-----------|
E-----------|
It took a day to build the city
We walked through the streets in the afternoon
e-8-8-6---8-| one per line (riff 3)
B-8-8-6-8-8-|
G-5-5-6-8-5-|
D-------8---|
A-----------|
E-----------|
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
B7 B7sus B7 B7sus
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
Chorus:
Em D G C D C D
And if I built this fortress around your heart
Em D G C D C D
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
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Em D G C D C D
Then let me build a bridge, for I cannot fill the chasm
Eb F Eb F G
And let me set the battlements on fire
Intro riff 2 times
Verse:
Play riff #1 on these two lines
Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Play riff #2 on these two lines
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
Play riff #3 for these three lines
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
B7 B7sus B7 B7sus
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
Repeat Chorus
Verse:
Play riff #1 on these two lines
This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
Play riff #2 on these two lines
It took a day to build the city
We walked through it's streets this afternoon
Play riff #3 on these three lines
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
B7 B7sus B7 B7sus
Of walking on the mines I'd laid
Repeat Chorus
Go back to intro riff.
