Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: A minorAm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
There must've been a moment, a second or a time
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
When I didn't look up or I missed some kind of sign
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
Turned the wrong direction when she was just an inch away
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
Like a missed connection and my future slipped away
Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb FF
There've been times when I feel like I'm
Bb majorBb Am7Am7
Conspired against by faith
Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
It's almost bad enough to make me hate
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm sick of building castles in the sand
A minorAm FF G+G D MajorD
Just waiting for another face to break my promised land
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G
I've been looking for the real thing in a lonely one night stand
D/F#D/F# FF G+G A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
Like building castles in the sand
Verse 2:
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
'Cause it terrifies me, ending up alone
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
And it walks beside me, the ghost of chances gone
Pre-Chorus:
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb Am7Am7
Did I have it did I let it go, or close the door to fast
Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Is there an answer locked up in my past, in my past
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm sick of building castles in the sand
A minorAm FF G+G D MajorD
Seems like everybody else I know can hold it in their hands
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G
So will it ever happen or am I doomed to walk this land
D/F#D/F# FF G+G A minorAm
Just building castle's in the sand
Instrumental:
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
A minorAm F/AF/A C majorC G+G
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb G+G
Bridge:
D MajorD
I've been crying, I've been living alone so long
D MajorD
I've been over and over the reasons
FF G+G
But I can't find the thing that's wrong
D MajorD A minorAm C/BC/B
In my mind, all the evidence seems to say
C majorC E MajorE
I wouldn't even know it if she walked right in today
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm sick of building castles in the sand
A minorAm FF G+G D MajorD
Seems like everybody else I know can hold it in their hands
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G
So will it ever happen or am I doomed to walk this land
D/F#D/F# G+G E MajorE
Just building castle's in the sand
Outro:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G