Castles In The Sand
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.***
Tabbed by Robert Da Prato, 19th September 2023
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Capo - No Capo
B.p.m. 73
4/4 Time Signature
Key G
* Single Strum
^ Higher Fret Barre Chord
/ Slide chord up to next to be played
G ^ X 10 12 12 12 10
Gsus4 ^ X 10 12 12 13 x
G 355433 Bridge
G 320003 Outro
C X35553
D7 X57575
Am 577555
Em X79987
D/A X00232
D7/A X00213
Gsus4 ^ Gsus4 ^ G
e|---------------|---------------|3-3-3-3-----|
B|---13p12-------|12h13p12-------|3-3-3-3-----|
G|---------12----|---------12----|5-4-5-4--4--| Various Riffs to add some fun where you
D|------------12-|------------12-|---------3--|
A|---------------|---------------|---------5--|
E|---------------|---------------|------------|
Verses, they vary, just a guide. Bridge , x2
hear them.
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[Intro]
| G ^ | Gsus4 ^ | G ^ | Gsus4 ^ |
[Verse 1] 0:07
G ^ Gsus4 ^
I've seen you face in magazines
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
Yeah I've read all of those press room queens descriptions
G ^
I can't believe the lies they tell
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
But truth is not the way to sell subscriptions
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
After all the smoke had cleared away
C D7 G Em
Did not take me long to find out what you had to say
C
This is just a game
Am
And I'm glad I finally learned to play
D7
By the rules
C C7* C7 / D7
Do they really think we're fools
[Verse 2] 0:54
G ^ Gsus4 ^
They put you down behind my back
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
Distorting all the honest facts about you
G ^ Gsus4 ^
While searching through your lyric sheets
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
For secret meanings too discreet to doubt you
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
Isn't it a shame they never heard
C D7 G ^ Em ^
They finally wrote you off as really being too absurd
C
While all the time you sacrificed your rhymes
D7
To find a word they could not see
C G D/A
Hidden in your melodies
[Bridge 1] 1:41
D/A C D/A G
Like a tree that could bend with the wind
C D/A G
Like a river that flows around the bend
C
Like a dream
D
Like a song
G C
They all cross right or wrong
G D G* G7* C
They just keep on building castles in the sand
G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C
[Verse 3] 2:16
G ^ Gsus4 ^
Then just like you they told me lies
C* D* G ^ Gsus4 ^
And offered corporate alibis to change me
G ^ Gsus4 ^
My songs were taken through the mill
C D7* G ^ Gsus4 ^
While managers were hired to rearrange me
C D7* G ^ Gsus4 ^
They led me to the slaughter like a lamb
C D7 G ^ Em
I just kept pretending that I did not give a damn
C Am Am
Now this situations gotten too far out of hand
D7/A
To be real
C C7* C7 / D7
I don't wanna make a deal
[Verse 4]
G ^ Gsus4 ^
The Parasites reach for your heart
C* D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
Each one must try do their part to drain you
G ^ Gsus4 ^
You give them your best autograph
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
On pictures knowing well they're gonna frame you
C D7 G ^ Gsus4 ^
Don't you know it happens every time
C D7/A G Em
Little did they know I could read between the line
C
You told them times were changing
Am
But they did not heed the signs
D/A
I'm not that green
C/G C D/A
Bobby do you know what I mean
[Bridge 3:49]
D/A C D G
I'm Like a tree that can bend with the wind
C D G
I'm like a river that flows around the bend
C
I'm like a dream
D7
Like a song
G C
That I've crossed right or wrong
G D G* G7* C
And I'll just keep on building castles in the sand
G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C*
[Verse 5] 4:25
G ^ Gsus4 ^
They drove me in their limousines
C D7/A* G ^ Gsus4 ^
My pockets bursting at the seems with money
G ^ Gsus4 ^
They said I could take your place
C* D7* G ^ Gsus4 ^
By putting makeup on my face like honey
C D7/A* G ^ Gsus4 ^
Now don't you know it chilled me to the bone
C D7/A G ^ Em
They even had the nerve to ask me if I could re-write like a rolling stone
C C/G C D7/A
That's when I told they the should leave my ass alone
D7
Its plan to see
C/G G D/A
I just wanted to be free
[Outro]
C/G D/A G
Like a tree that can bend with the wind
C D G
Like a river that flows around the bend
C
Like a dream
D/A
Like a song
G C
That I cross right or wrong
G D7/A G* G7* C
And I'll just keep on building castles in the sand
G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C*
D
And every song I write my friend
C D G* ^
I play it with my band
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