This Fortress Of Tears Guitar Tab

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Him - This Fortress of Tears

Submitted By: Matte (Azonic_86@hotmail.com)


Standard Tuning (e-a-d-g-b-e)

/ = slide 
p = pull off
h = hammer

I'm 100% sure this is the way to play the song...

Intro:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B--2/3---2-2-2p0--------------------------------------------|
G--2/4---2-2-2p0--------------------------------------------|
D-------------------4h5p4-2~--------------------------------| Repeat twice
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----7/9-9-9-9--7/5-5-5------------------------------------|
A-----7/9-9-9-9--7/5-5-5------------------------------------|
E-----5/7-7-7-7--5/3-3-3--2h3p2p0---------------------------|


Verse 2:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-9---7---5-------------------------------------------------|
A-9---7---5-------------------------------------------------|
E-7---5---3-------------------------------------------------|


Pre chorus:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G---7-7-7---------------------------------------------------|
D---7-7-7----7-7-7------------------------------------------|
A---5-5-5----7-7-7------------------------------------------|
E------------5-5-5------------------------------------------|


Chorus:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G--7-7-7-----------------------777--------------------------|
D--7-7-7--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5--777-777----------------------|
A--5-5-5--9-9-9--7-7-7--5-5-5--555-777----------------------|
E---------7-7-7--5-5-5--3-3-3------555----------------------|


Solo will come later..:P


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Galen Wanna Be	#1 by Galen at Dec 19, 1972 at 10:47 PM EST
	i think..its about a guy drowning his girlfriend to take away all the pain that she suffers.. hince the "Just hold your breath on your way down" maybe he is drowning her in his tears? Eh, just a thought.

No Picture tristan Rhythm Player	#2 by tristan drew at Apr 12, 1976 at 5:07 AM EST
	Heard this song live for the first time last night....incredible....

No Picture callum Wanna Be	#3 by callum cook at Nov 20, 1976 at 4:42 PM EST
	I LOVE HIS SONG BECASUE WHEN I FEEL LIKE IF IM GOING TO GET HURT BY A GIRLFRIEND I PLAY THIS SONG SO IT WONT HURT AS MUCH.

No Picture Dany Average	#4 by Dany at Aug 16, 1978 at 4:28 PM EST
	wow an amazing song with amazing song with mind blowing vocals and kewl guitar riff from linde

No Picture --xXeduXx--UC Rhythm Player	#5 by --xXeduXx--UC at Feb 13, 1983 at 5:12 AM EST
	"i think..its about a guy drowning his girlfriend to take away all the pain that she suffers.. hince the "Just hold your breath on your way down"" Haha. Okay, I didn't listen to this song 730 times thus far to have it mistranslated. xx-mel-xx covered most of it. The Fortress of Tears is metaphorical for Ville protecting his love from everything in this world. Ville experienced the hatred and cruelty of the world, thus "This fortress of tears I've built from my fears, for you". He experienced it all and is shielding his love away from everything, so they can be together in pure bliss. This Fortress of Tears is the best song by HIM. End of discussion.

No Picture danielle Lead Player	#6 by danielle woodley at Aug 25, 1989 at 12:07 PM EST
	only three comments....woah...by far one of my favorite HIM songs. its about this guy that loves a girl but, for some reason or another, (most likely the chick doesn't like him) they arent together. he is upset about it and cries a "fortress of tears." he knows that even all his tears and her own barriers wont protect her from feeling the same way as he does at one point on another and says she should accept the emptiness. great song

No Picture mookie Average	#7 by mookie at Jun 26, 1990 at 5:04 PM EST
	i like this one, i agree with you 'RazorbladeRomantic', it isn't as good as heaps of their others, but still great =D

No Picture Rignald Average	#8 by Rignald Tromp at Feb 26, 1991 at 4:07 AM EST
	i wish they would do an acoustic version of this song, but what would the guitar sound like? 1

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#9 by Zach Burnigjt at Oct 29, 1991 at 1:33 AM EST
	This is such a beautiful song...."no one can hurt you now in this haven safe and sound" its so sweet, easily one of my favourite songs ever. It's obvious what this song is about. It's about caring so much for someone you love and that you wont let them be hurt again in any way.

No Picture simon Average	#10 by simon cody simon at Dec 5, 1992 at 5:32 PM EST
	lol this is the HIM song that i can play. on elec guitar anyway. i suck at guitar, i only have about three days experience with learning how to play guitar.

No Picture The Major Rajor Rhythm Player	#11 by The Major Rajor . at Nov 23, 1993 at 7:37 AM EST
	linde didnt write the guitar riff... ville composes all the songs except 2 of them so far. unless theyre covers.. so kudos to ville for the amazing guitar riff. and this song is awesome i saw it live...

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#12 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 21, 1995 at 7:14 AM EST
	i love this song, especially the verses their so like..... (i want to say eerie?). its such a cool love song because its about utter devotion i think. like he's willing to do anything for her "this fortress of tears, i've built from my fears...". lovely song.

No Picture Teddy Wanna Be	#13 by Teddy Bass at Dec 3, 1998 at 1:41 PM EST
	only three comments....woah...by far one of my favorite HIM songs. its about this guy that loves a girl but, for some reason or another, (most likely the chick doesn't like him) they arent together. he is upset about it and cries a "fortress of tears." he knows that even all his tears and her own barriers wont protect her from feeling the same way as he does at one point on another and says she should accept the emptiness. great song

No Picture Chris Average	#14 by Chris Hutt at Aug 14, 1999 at 1:20 AM EST
	Awesome HIM song, i could listen to it all day. Ville, mige, linde, gas and burton u guys rock! keep it up and i totally agree with quigon chow ville never ceases to amaze me.

No Picture Michael Rhythm Player	#15 by Michael Roysdon at Sep 26, 1999 at 2:23 PM EST
	I just love this song... "Just dive in this emptiness"

No Picture Ben Average	#16 by Ben Braz at Feb 18, 2000 at 1:24 PM EST
	wow...so few comments? this is a wickid song. it has a meaning. of protection and trust and weakness. my boyfriend sent this song to me letting me know that he's cried a wall of protection for me. so i will go untouched and unharmed. he's become the only thing i have left. this song is one of my fave's.

No Picture DUMBASS Average	#17 by DUMBASS Thomas at Mar 18, 2003 at 2:59 PM EST
	To me this song is saying that Someone loves a girl so much that he built her a fortress and he sits in that fortress waiting for her hoping she will come and crying about her waiting to see if she will come and see if she loves him the same way. The images i have in my mind from this song are so good and its hard to explain them this song is one of the greatest songs ever this song is just one of the reasons HIM is my favorite band.

No Picture nathan Average	#18 by nathan rhodes at Aug 30, 2006 at 5:38 PM EST
	this song chills me but still it's one of my favorites...i usually don't try to find any meanings behind the songs but to read the artist's comment about it. in HIM's case it's not so reliable 'cause they are incurable liers sometimes, eg. i've heard many explanations about where does the name "HIM" come from, and they (HIM) admit that it was pretty stupid to put it as a band name... awhhh...so much things to say...anyway, HIM is good, maybe the best finnish band ever!

No Picture Laurence Average	#19 by Laurence Alam at Sep 26, 2007 at 11:28 PM EST
	this song means that ur so scared of loseing someone you make sure that nothing not even you can hurt them and you do anything to make them happy but then you protect them so much you make them feel like they cant do anything

No Picture Sir Dee of Day Lead Player	#20 by Sir Dee of Day at Sep 28, 2007 at 6:01 AM EST
	I love this song. I think it's amazing. Great vocals, guitar, drum, bass. Everything. It's wonderful. I like it better than a lot of the overrated HIM songs.

No Picture Kyle Rhythm Player	#21 by Kyle Robinson at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:05 AM EST
	alright now folks this song is about how much a guy loves a girl...he is with her at the beginning...hes protecting her...then he talks about how he's scared for her...so much so that he cries....but he shows how much he cares for her by all of his worrying...so he "builds" her a fortress or protection of his love for her....to prtect her from when she has to leave...

No Picture Ryan Average	#22 by Ryan Jones at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:26 AM EST
	Kudos to Linde for that guitar riff, simple yet ever so great, and Ville's contrasts of positive negatives never cease to amaze me.

No Picture Duncan Musical Genius	#23 by Duncan Jones at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:27 AM EST
	linde didnt write the guitar riff... ville composes all the songs except 2 of them so far. unless theyre covers.. so kudos to ville for the amazing guitar riff. and this song is awesome i saw it live...

No Picture london calling Average	#24 by london calling at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:54 PM EST
	To me this song is actually sung in a first person point of view, not about someone else. It has actually expressed the same way I’ve felt while battling depression and not wanting my loved ones to know about the struggle I was going through. Here’s how I interpret it: No one can hurt you now In this haven safe and sound (You’re all alone in your own world) No one can save you now From this grace you are drowning in (No one can save you from the pain or hurt that you can’t help but think about, b/c you haven’t told anyone else or can’t tell anyone else) Just hold your breath on your way down (This means that you have to keep some kind of reality check in mind, b/c if you don’t you could drown in your own depressive thoughts) Second Verse: He sings of how he protects his loved one from his own pain. This fortress of tears I've built from my fears for you (The pain that he feels is so strong that he can’t let someone find out about it because he thinks that they may not understand or that it may hurt them more than it does him) This fortress won't fall I've built it strong for you (He’s built up a wall and pretends everything is fine so that they can still be happy together, when in actuality he’s not ok, but it’s something that he thinks they shouldn’t know so he protects them from seeing him in that light) No one can free you now From the chains around your heart (The chains around your heart symbolizes the things that you are not able to show your loved one or the emotions your afraid to express) Don't be afraid now Just dive in this emptiness And hold your breath on your way down (When you’re in love you don’t have emptiness. Emptiness is only found when you feel alone, so it means that you can’t be afraid of your own pain or hurt. You have to dive deep into your emotions to find yourself or the root of the problem, but you can’t dive to deep otherwise you might lose yourself, hence the drowning) 1

No Picture bill Average	#25 by bill i am at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:39 PM EST
	amazing song... what i get from it is not that the chick doesn't like him, but that the chick feels exactly the same way. completley in love. And he loves her so much, and he wants to protect her from all the bullshit, whatever it may be. So he cries her a fortress, and it's the two of them alone, without the rest of the world. And no matter how empty it is... its pure grace. together.

No Picture Glenn Average	#26 by Glenn Campbell at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:12 PM EST
	wow i'm the first to comment? its an okay song, its better than some others but not as good as many others, but i still like it.

No Picture andre Average	#27 by andre at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:51 AM EST
	love this song, favorite on love metal :) beautiful