STING - "fortress around your heart" Tablature
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Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 11:22:05 -0400
From: Robert Seder <robertcseder@yahoo.com>
Subject: s/sting/fortress_around_your_heart.crd
Guitar Tablature for
'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 [robertcseder@yahoo.com]
Original Post: Akira Nakahara [ab218@torfree.net]
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
would share this on OLGA. This tablature is my own work and the work
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 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|--10--8--5--8----|-9-8-6-8-----------------------------------
B|--10--8--6--8----|-8-9-4-9-----------------------------------
G|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
D|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
A|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
E|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
Rythym III (4x) Rythym IV (1x)
E|---9--7--4--7----|-5-4-2-4-----------------------------------
B|---9--7--5--7----|-4-5-0-5-----------------------------------
G|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
D|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
A|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
E|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
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Chorus:
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Em7 D5/F# G Am7 C D C D (Repeat 3x)
E|-0----0------3--3-------------------------------------------
B|-3----3------3--1---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
G|-0----2------0--0---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
D|-2----0------0--2---5/7-7-7\5-5-5/7-7-7\5-------------------
A|-2----0------2--0---3/5-5-5\3-3-3/5-5-5\3-------------------
E|-0----2------3----------------------------------------------
Cm7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 F
E|-3----5----6-------8--------------------------------------------
B|-4----6----8-------10--------------------------------------------
G|-3----5----7-------10--------------------------------------------
D|-5----7----8-------10--------------------------------------------
A|-3----5----6-------8--------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
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This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
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