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