WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Queens Of The Stone Age - Fortress Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
G
Em (open chord)
B
F#
| just drop in from Verse 1 (where the vocals begin) (the chord progression is identical)
[Verse 1]
GM Em
Your heart is like a fortress
B F#
Keep your feelings locked away
GM Em
Is it easier?
B
Does it make you feel safe?
GM Em
You wander through the darkness
B F#
Of wilderness behind your eyes
GM Em
I know you’re afraid
B
But you gotta move on
[Chorus 1]
G Em
Every fortress falls
B F#
It is not the end
G Em
It ain't how you fall
B F#
But how we rise that says
GM AM
Who you really are
B D
right :)
So get up and come through
GM
If ever your fortress caves
Em
You're always safe
[Verse 2]
GM Em
I don't even know you
B A D
Yet, I don't truly know myself, I pray you w-
GM Em
- On't feel as alone
B F#
As I have fe-elt
GM A
I don't want to fail you so
B D
I tell you the awful truth
G Em
Everyone faces darkness on their own
A B
As I have done, so will you
[Chorus 2]
G Em
Every fortress falls
B F#
It is not the end
G Em
It ain't if you fall
B F#
But how we rise that says
GM AM
Who you really are
B D
So get up and come through
GM
If ever your fortress caves
Em B B A B B B F# F#
You're always safe in mine
[Bridge]
(*continue power chords)
G F# A G#
[Pre-Chorus]
GM C#
The Earth spins round the sun
Em
And behold
B
Everything happens
D AM
Every night that falls prey, to sun -
G Em B A D C#
-- Rise
G Em B A D C#
If your fort-ress is
G Em B A D C#
Under siege You can all-ways
G A B D
Run to me If your fort-ress is
G AM B F#
Under siege, you can all-ways run Ev-ery
[Chorus 3]
G Em
Fortress falls
B F#
It is not the end
G Em
It ain't if you fall
B A
But how you rise that says
F# G AM
Who you really are
B D
So get up and come through
GM
If ever your fortress caves
Em B B A B B B B D D
You're always safe in mine
G
If ever your fortress caves
Em B B A B B B B D D
You're always safe in mine
[Outro]
Gm G# B B A B B B B F# F#
Come on throooooooooo-oooooooooo-oooooooogh
Gm A B B A B F# F# F# D C#
Come on throooooooooo-oooooooooo-oooooooogh
Gm A B B A B F# F# F# D C#
Gm A B B A B F# F# F# D C#
Gm E