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