Intro
F# B x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 1]
F# B
Something follows you back from the other side
F# B
From the locked up basement at the house of blue light
F# B
Close your eyes and you’ll fall right through the floor
B F#
There are things in this world that are real
F# B
As your life that you’re taught to ignore
[Bridge]
C#7
All the strength that waits at your side
C#7
On the wings that heave and they sigh
C#7 F# C#
Painted in the corner of your eye
[Pre-chorus]
F# D#m
Where once there were halls and gardens
F# D#m
Where captains’ wives would bathe
F# D#m C#
And tattoo the names of sailors lost to the waves
[Chorus]
D#m A#m G#m C# F# A#m
But nobody lives there anymore
B D#m
In the castle in the clouds
A#m G#m C# F# A#m
Nobody lives there anymore
B D#m
In the castle in the clouds
D#m G#m C#
They’ll leave you pounding on the door
[Instrumental]
F# B x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 2]
F# B
To pry open the heart that’s rusted shut
F# B
Mend the lines of talk that have all been cut
F# B
Makes a man wanna cry when he’s turned away
B F#
You’re just a guest in this world––it’ll have
F# B
You for a while but you don’t get to stay
[Bridge 2]
C#7
Just as you’re turning to go
C#7
From the cliffs that tower below
C#7 F# C#
Send you off and let you fall so slow
{Pre-chorus 2]
F# D#m
And all your memories leave you
F# D#m
Alone in the hands of thieves
F# D#m C#
And con men that carry you off in the smiling breeze
[Chorus 2]
D#m A#m G#m C# F# A#m
Up to the chambers in the spire of the
B D#m
Castle in the clouds
A#m G#m B F#
Up with the sweetness of desire
B D#m
In the castle in the clouds
A#m G#m B C#
And when you get too cold and tired
[Outro] (Tempo slows down)
F# D#m
Drift to sleep and
G#m C#
When you wake
F# D#m G#m C#
All the bad dreams have flown away
F# D#m G#m C#
Let the stars be your guide
F# D#m G#m C#
They’re passing over one at a time
F# D#m G#m C#
See them all open wide
F# D#m G#m C#
And when you look to see what’s inside
F# Bm
Oh no it’s true
F# Bm
I can’t believe
F# Bm
Oh no it’s you
F# Bm C#
Haven’t I seen you before?