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