Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran

Version 3 of 8
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Capo on 7th fret if you want to play the original version :D

You can also play "Em" as "Em7" and "D" as "Dsus4"

[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 a

      
nd lost them t

hrough the yea

rs
         
And I've not s

             
een the roarin

             
g fields in so

           
 long, I know 


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 cheap

         
 spirits and d

              
rink them stra


ight
             
Me and my frie

              
nds have not t

             
hrown up in so

          
 long, oh how 


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

            
              

/     
           Ove

       
r the castle o

n the hill
            
              

/     
           Ove

       
r the castle o

n the hill


[Bridge]

       

            
   One friend 

         
left to sell c

             
lothes and, on

          
e works down b


y the 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

            
              

/     
           Ove

       
r the castle o

n the hill
            
              

/     
           Ove

        
r the castle o

           
n the hill
  

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