Intro: Riff #1 e-10-10-10-8-8-5-5-8-8-| play this a total of 4 times. B----------------------| G----------------------| D----------------------| A----------------------| E----------------------| Part A: play riff #1 throughout the section below. 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 Riff #2 E-9-9-9-8-8-6-6-8-8-| play this a total of 2 times B-------------------| G-------------------| D-------------------| A-------------------| E-------------------| Part B: play riff #2 throughout the section below. It took a day to build the city We walked through the streets in the afternoon Riff #3: E-9-9-9-7-7-4-4-7-7-| play this a total of 4 times. B-------------------| G-------------------| D-------------------| A-------------------| E-------------------| Part C: play riff #3 throughout the section below. 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 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 Part D: play riff #1 throughout the section below. Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head Part E: play riff #2 throughout the section below. Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead Part F: play riff #3 throughout the section below. While the armies all are sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we made I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus Part G: play riff #1 throughout the section below. This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to pay Part H: play riff #2 throughout the section below. It took a day to build the city We walked through it's streets this afternoon Part I: play riff #3 throughout the section below. 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 Of walking on the mines I'd laid Repeat Chorus Go back to intro riff.