-- See bottom of this tab for Ed’s BBC Radio acoustic performance (Jan 6, 2017) --


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[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
  When I was s

         
ix years old I

                 
 broke my leg
             
  And I was ru

         
nning  from my

              
 brother and h

              
is friends
            
  And tasted t

/          
he sweet perfu

            
me of the moun

              
tain grass as 

         
I rolled down
           
  I was younge

         
r  then,  take

             
 me back to wh

en I


[Pre-Chorus 1]
            
  Found my hea

              
rt and broke i

   
t here
              
  Made friends

      
 and lost them

 through the y

ears
             
  And I've not

             
 seen the roar

             
ing fields in 

          
so long, I kno

w I've grown
             
  But I can't 

 
wait to go hom

e


[Chorus 1]
         
  I'm on my   

           
way, driving a

  
t ninety
             
  Down those c

         
ountry  lanes 

         
singing to Tin


y Dancer
            
  And I miss t

/          
he  way you ma

         
ke  me feel   


   and it's re

al
             
  When we watc

         
hed the  sunse

          
t over the cas

          
tle on the hil

   
l


[Verse 2]
         
  Fifteen year

             
s old and smok

            
ing hand-rolle

             
d cigarettes
             
  Running from

         
 the law throu

              
gh the backfie

            
lds and  getti

              
ng drunk with 

   
my friends
         
  Had my first

             
 kiss on a Fri

            
day night, I d

      
on't reckon I 

did it
             
Right, I was y

        
ounger  then, 

             
 take me back 

    
to when we fou

nd


[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
  Weekend jobs

              
 and when we g

     
ot paid
              
  We'd buy che

             
ap spirits and

             
 drink them st

raight
             
  Me and my fr

              
iends have not

             
 thrown up in 

          
so long, oh ho

w we've grown
             
  But I can't 


wait to go hom

e


[Chorus 2]
         
  I'm on my   

           
way, driving a

  
t ninety
             
  Down those c

         
ountry  lanes 

         
singing to Tin


y Dancer
            
  And I miss t

/          
he  way you ma

         
ke  me feel   


   and it's re

al
            
  We watched t

/        
he  sunset ove

       
r the castle o

n the hill
        
              

        
Over the castl


e on the hill
        
              

        
Over the castl


e on the hill


[Bridge]
      

            
   One friend 

             
left to sell c

             
lothes, one wo

     
rks down by th

e coast
            
   One had two

             
 kids but live

             
s alone, one's

  
 brother overd

osed
           
   One's alrea

              
dy on his seco

             
nd wife, one's

       
 just barely g

etting by but
            
   These peopl

             
e raised me an

             
d I-I-I, can't

  
 wait to go ho

me


[Chorus 3]
            
  And I'm on m

/        
y   way, I sti

     
ll remember
             
  These old co

         
untry  lanes w

            
hen we did not

 
 know the answ

ers
            
  And I miss t

/          
he  way you ma

         
ke  me feel   


   and it's re

al
            
  We watched t

/        
he sunset over

      
 the castle on

 the hill
        
              

        
Over the castl


e on the hill
        
              

        
Over the castl

             
e on the hill


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As played by Ed on BBC Radio 1 on Jan 6, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytb7J0ciBcE

[Verse] and [Pre-Chorus] (palm mute):

             
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