Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (Guitar)
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(8)
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Chords
-- See bottom of this tab for Ed’s BBC Radio acoustic performance (Jan 6, 2017) --
Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge
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D xx023x G 3x00xx D xx0232 Bm x20233
D/F# 2x023x A x022xx D/F# 2x0232 G 3x0033
G 3200xx D xx023x G 3x0033 D xx0232
Bm x202xx Bm x20233 A7sus4 x02033
A x022xx A7sus4 x02033
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D D/F# G Bm A When I was six years old I broke my leg D D/F# G Bm A And I was running from my brother and his friends D D/F# G Bm A And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass as I rolled down D D/F# G Bm A I was younger then, take me back to when I
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G A D Found my heart and broke it here G Made friends and lost them through the years G A D G And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown G A But I can't wait to go home
[Chorus 1]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 I'm on my way, driving at ninety D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 D When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
[Verse 2]
D D/F# G Bm A Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes D D/F# G Bm A Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends D D/F# G Bm A Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon I did it D D/F# G Bm A Right, I was younger then, take me back to when we found
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G A D Weekend jobs and when we got paid G G We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight A D G Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown G A But I can't wait to go home
[Chorus 2]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 I'm on my way, driving at ninety D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 Over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 Over the castle on the hill
[Bridge]
Bm G D A7sus4
Bm G D A7sus4 One friend left to sell clothes, one works down by the coast Bm G D A7sus4 One had two kids but lives alone, one's brother overdosed Bm G D A7sus4 One's already on his second wife, one's just barely getting by but Bm G D A7sus4 These people raised me and I-I-I, can't wait to go home
[Chorus 3]
D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 And I'm on my way, I still remember D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 These old country lanes when we did not know the answers D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 Over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Bm A7sus4 D Over the castle on the hill
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[Verse] and [Pre-Chorus] (palm mute):
D D/F# G Bm A e|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|-3--------3------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|-2--------2------------|--------------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-| D|-0--0--0--0--0--0------|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-| A|-----------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-| E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------| ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ > > > > > > > > > > > >
[Chorus] (let ring):
D D/F# G Bm (actually Bm7#5) A7sus4 e|-2--------3--------2---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-| B|-3--------3--------3---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-| G|-2--------2--------2---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-| D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-| A|-------------------x---|-x--------x--------x--x-x-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-| E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------| ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑
↓↑ = strumming pattern
> = accented note
x = dead note