Cardboard Castles chords by Watsky

Tuning: Standard

F 133211
C 032010
Am x02210
G6 320000

Intro:
N.C.
Out on the curb again
N.C.
On the curb again
N.C.
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
N.C.
Out on the curb again
N.C.
Out on the curb again
N.C.
On the curb again
N.C.
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
N.C.
Out on the curb again

Chorus:
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C
I’m still dreaming after all these years
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C
I’m still dreaming after all these years


Verse 1:
      F              C
Because if we don’t build it who will?
         F              C
I do things on a shoestring that you couldn’t do for a cool mil
Am          G6
 I run with no laces,  and when I fall, I start
F              C
 To build my Taj Mahal with shit I found at Dollarmart
F
 This life’s our greatest project
C
 The journey’s all an art
F               C
 But I built my perfect nest, and it’s ‘bout to fall apart
Am          G6
 Again and again and then I just I make it twice as high
F              C
 And I give my tower teeth, and I watch it bite the sky
F               C
 Because I might just cry if I don’t keep it moving
 F              C
I focus on what I can make and not what just got ruined
    Am        G6       F         C
‘Cause every stone will crumble down to dust, to dust, to dust
F               C
 And I say love thy neighbor, and I say fuck thy hater
F                  C
 There’s nothing I can’t solve with duct tape and construction paper
Am               G6       F        C
 I don’t want a Band-Aid, I’ll  only rip it off, I’ll rip it off


Bridge:
      F    C
Out on the curb again
    F    C
On the curb again
   Am         G6
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
  F       C
Out on the curb again
(I’m in my room making cardboard castles)
      F    C
Out on the curb again
(With shoestring rope)
    F    C
On the curb again
(Soup spoon drawbridge, tinfoil moat)
   Am         G6
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
(I’m still dreaming after all these)
  F       C
Out on the curb again
(years)


Verse 2:
F             C
 I know someday I’ll pass, and maybe then rest
F
 I’m laying on my back;
C
 Heaven’s my bench press
Am           G6
 ‘Cause my imagination is crazy as Glenn Beck
F              C
 A cloud is floating by in the shape of a rent check
F          C
 And when the world ends, that’s what I’ll plan towards
F            C
 Then I’ll trust girlfriends and maybe landlords
Am              G6
 Cause I been played but I’m looking for more
   F             C
I say, "What would I gain if I took it to court?"
     F                C
‘Cause if  people were perfect then there wouldn’t be war
    F              C
We stay  pushing but once we get a foot in the door
      Am           G6
We get our toes chopped off and a foot of manure
    F
I still  gotta believe people
  C
Are good at the core
       F
‘Cause if we weren’t, what’s at stake?
     C            F
Why would we stay to break what we make
           C
And create all these beautiful mistakes
     Am         G6        F           C
When they blow our house down let’s draw on the walls, the walls, the walls


Chorus:
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C
I’m still dreaming after all these years
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C
I’m still dreaming after all these years


Bridge:
      F    C
Out on the curb again
    F    C
On the curb again
   Am         G6
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
  F       C
Out on the curb again
      F    C
Out on the curb again
    F    C
On the curb again
   Am         G6
I’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm
  F       C
Out on the curb again


Chorus:
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C
I’m still dreaming after all these years
           F
I’m in my room making cardboard castles
   C
With shoestring rope
F
Soup spoon drawbridge
C
Tinfoil moat
Am         G6       F  C  F