David Allan Coe – Castles In The Sand (Guitar)

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***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato, 19th September 2023 Define: Capo - No Capo B.p.m. 73 4/4 Time Signature * Single Strum ^ Higher Fret Barre Chord / Slide chord up to next to be played G ^ X 10 12 12 12 10 Gsus4 ^ X 10 12 12 13 x G 355433 Bridge G 320003 Outro C X35553 D7 X57575 Am 577555 Em X79987 D/A X00232 D7/A X00213

  Gsus4 ^         Gsus4 ^         G  
e|---------------|---------------|3-3-3-3-----|
B|---13p12-------|12h13p12-------|3-3-3-3-----|
G|---------12----|---------12----|5-4-5-4--4--| Various Riffs to add some fun where you hear them.
D|------------12-|------------12-|---------3--|
A|---------------|---------------|---------5--|
E|---------------|---------------|------------|
  Verses, they vary, just a guide.   Bridge , x2

G ^                                Gsus4 ^
   I've seen you face in magazines

C                             D7                  G ^        Gsus4 ^
  Yeah I've read all of those press room queens descriptions

G ^
I can't believe the lies they tell

      C                D7                        G ^     Gsus4 ^
  But truth is not the way to sell subscriptions

C             D7                 G ^        Gsus4 ^
After all the smoke had cleared away

C                 D7               G                 Em
  Did not take me long to find out   what you had to say

C
  This is just a game

               Am
And I'm glad I finally learned to play

       D7
By the rules

        C            C7*    C7 / D7
Do they really think we're       fools

[Verse 2] 0:54

G ^                                  Gsus4 ^
  They put you down behind my back

C                    D7                 G ^        Gsus4 ^
  Distorting all the honest facts about you

G ^                                        Gsus4 ^
While searching through your lyric sheets

C                           D7              G ^        Gsus4 ^
  For secret meanings too discreet to doubt you

C            D7               G ^        Gsus4 ^
  Isn't it a shame they never heard

C              D7                      G ^        Em ^
  They finally wrote you off as really being too absurd

C
  While all the time you sacrificed your rhymes

                              D7
To find a word they could not see

C      G           D/A
Hidden in your melodies

[Bridge 1] 1:41

D/A    C               D/A           G
Like a tree that could bend with the wind

       C          D/A              G
Like a river that flows around the bend

       C
Like a dream

       D
Like a song

         G              C
They all cross right or wrong

          G                D              G* G7*  C
They just keep on building castles in the sand

G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C [Verse 3] 2:16

               G ^                   Gsus4 ^
Then just like you they told me lies

C*                      D*        G ^        Gsus4 ^
  And offered corporate alibis to change me

   G ^                               Gsus4 ^
My songs were taken through the mill

C                     D7*                   G ^        Gsus4 ^
  While managers were hired to rearrange me

C                    D7*              G ^        Gsus4 ^
  They led me to the slaughter like a lamb

C              D7             G ^                Em
I just kept pretending that I did not give a damn

C                            Am             Am
  Now this situations gotten too far out of hand

      D7/A
To be real

        C     C7*    C7 / D7
I don't wanna make a      deal

[Verse 4]

G ^                                    Gsus4 ^
    The Parasites reach for your heart

C*                  D7               G ^      Gsus4 ^
  Each one must try do their part to drain you

G ^                                 Gsus4 ^
  You give them your best autograph

C                     D7                 G ^       Gsus4 ^
  On pictures knowing well they're gonna frame you

C                      D7         G ^      Gsus4 ^
  Don't you know it happens every time

C                 D7/A         G                Em
  Little did they know I could read between the line

C
  You told them times were changing

                 Am
But they did not heed the signs

             D/A
I'm not that green

C/G          C           D/A
Bobby do you know what I mean

[Bridge 3:49]

D/A        C             D             G
I'm Like a tree that can bend with the wind

           C          D                G
I'm like a river that flows around the bend

           C
I'm like a dream

       D7
Like a song

          G                C
That I've crossed right or wrong

                   G           D              G* G7*  C
And I'll just keep on building castles in the sand

G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C* [Verse 5] 4:25

     G ^                           Gsus4 ^
They drove me in their limousines

C            D7/A*                      G ^      Gsus4 ^
  My pockets bursting at the seems with money

G ^                                Gsus4 ^
They said I could take your place

C*                       D7*       G ^      Gsus4 ^
 By putting makeup on my face like honey

C                       D7/A*             G ^      Gsus4 ^
  Now don't you know it chilled me to the bone

C                   D7/A                          G ^                  Em
  They even had the nerve to ask me if I could re-write like a rolling stone

C               C/G                  C             D7/A
  That's when I told they the should leave my ass alone

            D7
Its plan to see

       C/G    G     D/A
I just wanted to be free

[Outro]

       C/G           D/A           G
Like a tree that can bend with the wind

       C          D                G
Like a river that flows around the bend

       C
Like a dream

       D/A
Like a song

       G              C
That I cross right or wrong

              G                D7/A           G* G7*  C
And I'll just keep on building castles in the sand

G* G7* C G* G7* C G* G7* C*

                 D
And every song I write my friend

  C       D       G* ^  
I play it with my band