ACTIVITY
Castle On The Hill
-- See bottom of this tab for Ed’s BBC Radio acoustic performance (Jan 6, 2017) --
Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge
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D xx023x G 3x00xx D xx0232 Bm x20233
D/F# 2x023x A x022xx D/F# 2x0232 G 3x0033
G 3200xx D xx023x G 3x0033 D xx0232
Bm x202xx Bm x20233 A7sus4 x02033
A x022xx A7sus4 x02033
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D D/F# G Bm A
When I was six years old I broke my leg
D D/F# G Bm A
And I was running from my brother and his friends
D D/F# G Bm A
And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass as I rolled down
D D/F# G Bm A
I was younger then, take me back to when I
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G A D
Found my heart and broke it here
G
Made friends and lost them through the years
G A D G
And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown
G A
But I can't wait to go home
[Chorus 1]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
I'm on my way, driving at ninety
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 D
When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
[Verse 2]
D D/F# G Bm A
Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
D D/F# G Bm A
Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
D D/F# G Bm A
Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon I did it
D D/F# G Bm A
Right, I was younger then, take me back to when we found
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G A D
Weekend jobs and when we got paid
G G
We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight
A D G
Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown
G A
But I can't wait to go home
[Chorus 2]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
I'm on my way, driving at ninety
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Over the castle on the hill
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Over the castle on the hill
[Bridge]
Bm G D A7sus4
Bm G D A7sus4
One friend left to sell clothes and, one works down by the coast
Bm G D A7sus4
One had two kids but lives alone, one's brother overdosed
Bm G D A7sus4
One's already on his second wife, one's just barely getting by but
Bm G D A7sus4
These people raised me and I-I-I, can't wait to go home
[Chorus 3]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
And I'm on my way, I still remember
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
These old country lanes when we did not know the answers
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Over the castle on the hill
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4
Over the castle on the hill
D
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As played by Ed on BBC Radio 1 on Jan 6, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytb7J0ciBcE
[Verse]
and [Pre-Chorus] (palm mute):
D D/F# G Bm A
e|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-3--------3------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-2--------2------------|--------------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0------|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
A|-----------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑
> > > > > > > > > > > >
[Chorus]
(let ring):
D D/F# G Bm (actually Bm7#5) A7sus4
e|-2--------3--------2---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|
B|-3--------3--------3---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|
G|-2--------2--------2---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
A|-------------------x---|-x--------x--------x--x-x-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑
↓↑ = strumming pattern
> = accented note
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