Castles In The Air

Medium Tempo
Words and Music Don Mclean


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And if she asks you why
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You can tell her that I told you
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That I'm tired of castles in the air
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I've got a dream, I want the world to share
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And castle walls just lead me to despair

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Hills of forest green
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Where the mountains touch the sky
3  -3b   4    -4    4     5    5    4   -3b  3
A dream come true, I'll live there til'  I  die
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I'm asking you, to say my last good bye
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The love we knew, aint worth another try

Chorus

  7  -5      -5   6   -5  -7  -6  6  -5   5   
Save me --- from all the trouble and the pain
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I know I'm weak,- but I cant face that girl again
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Tell her --- the reason why I can't remain
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Perhaps she'll understand
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If you tell it to her plain

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How can words express
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The feel of sunlight in the morning
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In the hills, away from cit-y strife
3  -3b 4  -4 -3b  5  5  4  -3b  3  
I need a country woman for my wife
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I'm cit-y born,- but I love the country life

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For I can-not be part 
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of the cocktail gen-er-a-tion
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Partners waltz, - devoid of all romance
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The music plays and ev'ry one must dance
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I'm bowing out, I need a second chance


Chorus

  7  -5      -5   6   -5  -7  -6  6  -5   5   
Save me --- from all the trouble and the pain
5  -5   6   -6     6  -5  5   -5   5    -4  4  -4
I know I'm weak,- but I cant face that girl again
 7    -5     -5   6  -5  -7 -6  6   -5  5  
Tell her --- the reason why I can't remain
 5  -5     6    -6  6  -5 
Perhaps she'll understand
 5  5   -4   4 -3  4   -4 
If you tell it to her plain

Finish with....

6   6  6    6   6   6
And if she asks you why
 -5  5   -5   6   -5  5   4   3
You can tell her that I told you
-3b   4    -4   4  5   5   4 -3b  3    
That I'm tired of castles in the air
  3  -3b 4   -4   4   5   5    4   -3b  3       
I've got a dream, I want the world to share
 3  -3b 4    -4    4    5  5   4 -3b  4
And castle walls just lead me to despair...


Listen to the Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-JGZT79kM