Intro
F A# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 1]
F A#
Something follows you back from the other side
F A#
From the locked up basement at the house of blue light
F A#
Close your eyes and you’ll fall right through the floor
A# F
There are things in this world that are real
F A#
As your life that you’re taught to ignore
[Bridge]
C7
All the strength that waits at your side
C7
On the wings that heave and they sigh
C7 F C
Painted in the corner of your eye
[Pre-chorus]
F Dm
Where once there were halls and gardens
F Dm
Where captains’ wives would bathe
F Dm C
And tattoo the names of sailors lost to the waves
[Chorus]
Dm Am Gm C F Am
But nobody lives there anymore
A# Dm
In the castle in the clouds
Am Gm C F Am
Nobody lives there anymore
A# Dm
In the castle in the clouds
Dm Gm C
They’ll leave you pounding on the door
[Instrumental]
F A# x2 (Four measures for each chord)
[Verse 2]
F A#
To pry open the heart that’s rusted shut
F A#
Mend the lines of talk that have all been cut
F A#
Makes a man wanna cry when he’s turned away
A# F
You’re just a guest in this world––it’ll have
F A#
You for a while but you don’t get to stay
[Bridge 2]
C7
Just as you’re turning to go
C7
From the cliffs that tower below
C7 F C
Send you off and let you fall so slow
{Pre-chorus 2]
F Dm
And all your memories leave you
F Dm
Alone in the hands of thieves
F Dm C
And con men that carry you off in the smiling breeze
[Chorus 2]
Dm Am Gm C F Am
Up to the chambers in the spire of the
A# Dm
Castle in the clouds
Am Gm A# F
Up with the sweetness of desire
A# Dm
In the castle in the clouds
Am Gm A# C
And when you get too cold and tired
[Outro] (Tempo slows down)
F Dm
Drift to sleep and
Gm C
When you wake
F Dm Gm C
All the bad dreams have flown away
F Dm Gm C
Let the stars be your guide
F Dm Gm C
They’re passing over one at a time
F Dm Gm C
See them all open wide
F Dm Gm C
And when you look to see what’s inside
F A#m
Oh no it’s true
F A#m
I can’t believe
F A#m
Oh no it’s you
F A#m C
Haven’t I seen you before?