Castles In The Air Chords by Don Mclean
Tempo:
80.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Fm
Ab
Gb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] I believe [G] that this whole age we're in is a combination of the 30s and the 50s in some weird [Gb] way.
[Db] [Eb] Some of you were born in the [Db] 50s.
Most of you were born in the [B] 50s.
I was born in the [Gb] 40s.
[E] And they had weird, weird fat [Ab] suits and heavy [Gb] shoes.
You ever look [G] in your father's closet and see some of his old shoes?
You wonder how he got all those leg [Db] muscles.
They weigh a ton.
Their wingtips, thick old soles on them, are supposed to last through a thousand miles of Wall Street pavement.
[Gb] [Ebm]
Now men [N] wear different clothes.
In fact, they used to be much more standard than women.
Women used to always have all the frilly stuff, and that was the role playing that went on then for a long time.
Men saying, oh, you women, you're so frivolous.
And they'd wear their weird little cherry [F] banana hat on their [Eb] heads or something crazy.
And a man would always wear a three-cornered [B] hat, push down in front, look like Walter Winshaw with a little press sticker on his hat.
Good evening, Mr.
and Mrs.
America.
That kind of a guy.
And the woman was that.
Hi.
She's back from the PTA, you know, it's [Gb] weird stuff.
Then that's all gone under, luckily.
But [Bb] we still have those weird heavy shoes.
[N] And there are always people to fill weird heavy shoes.
No matter what you do with them, no matter where you put them,
there'll always be a couple of very hungry feet that want to get inside those heavy shoes
and walk around on them and step [Eb] on people if possible with those heavy, heavy shoes.
[G] And now [Ab] a song about shoes.
[D] Well, [N] it's a long, long time.
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] To say my last goodbye, the [Fm] lowly [Eb] noon, ain't worth another try.
[Fm]
Save me from all the trouble [Eb] and the pain.
I know I'm weak, [Cm] but I can't face that [Bb] girl again.
[Fm]
Tell her the [F] reasons why I can't remain.
[Ab] Perhaps she'll [Fm] understand if you tell it to [Bb] her plain.
[Eb] Oh, but how can words express the feel [Cm] of sunlight [Eb] in the morning in the [Fm] hills?
[Eb] Away from the city strife, I need a country woman for my wife.
I'd city [F] more, but I love the country life.
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Eb]
[Db] [Eb] Some of you were born in the [Db] 50s.
Most of you were born in the [B] 50s.
I was born in the [Gb] 40s.
[E] And they had weird, weird fat [Ab] suits and heavy [Gb] shoes.
You ever look [G] in your father's closet and see some of his old shoes?
You wonder how he got all those leg [Db] muscles.
They weigh a ton.
Their wingtips, thick old soles on them, are supposed to last through a thousand miles of Wall Street pavement.
[Gb] [Ebm]
Now men [N] wear different clothes.
In fact, they used to be much more standard than women.
Women used to always have all the frilly stuff, and that was the role playing that went on then for a long time.
Men saying, oh, you women, you're so frivolous.
And they'd wear their weird little cherry [F] banana hat on their [Eb] heads or something crazy.
And a man would always wear a three-cornered [B] hat, push down in front, look like Walter Winshaw with a little press sticker on his hat.
Good evening, Mr.
and Mrs.
America.
That kind of a guy.
And the woman was that.
Hi.
She's back from the PTA, you know, it's [Gb] weird stuff.
Then that's all gone under, luckily.
But [Bb] we still have those weird heavy shoes.
[N] And there are always people to fill weird heavy shoes.
No matter what you do with them, no matter where you put them,
there'll always be a couple of very hungry feet that want to get inside those heavy shoes
and walk around on them and step [Eb] on people if possible with those heavy, heavy shoes.
[G] And now [Ab] a song about shoes.
[D] Well, [N] it's a long, long time.
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] To say my last goodbye, the [Fm] lowly [Eb] noon, ain't worth another try.
[Fm]
Save me from all the trouble [Eb] and the pain.
I know I'm weak, [Cm] but I can't face that [Bb] girl again.
[Fm]
Tell her the [F] reasons why I can't remain.
[Ab] Perhaps she'll [Fm] understand if you tell it to [Bb] her plain.
[Eb] Oh, but how can words express the feel [Cm] of sunlight [Eb] in the morning in the [Fm] hills?
[Eb] Away from the city strife, I need a country woman for my wife.
I'd city [F] more, but I love the country life.
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Eb]
Key:
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Fm
Ab
Gb
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Eb
Fm
Ab
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ I believe [G] that this whole age we're in is a combination of the 30s and the 50s in some weird [Gb] way.
_ [Db] _ [Eb] Some of you were born in the [Db] 50s.
Most of you were born in the [B] 50s.
I was born in the [Gb] 40s.
[E] And they had weird, weird fat [Ab] suits and heavy [Gb] shoes.
You ever look [G] in your father's closet and see some of his old shoes? _ _
You wonder how he got all those leg [Db] muscles. _ _ _ _
They weigh a ton.
Their wingtips, thick old soles on them, are supposed to last through a thousand miles of Wall Street pavement.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] _
Now men [N] wear different clothes.
In fact, they used to be much more standard than women.
Women used to always have all the frilly stuff, and that was the role playing that went on then for a long time.
Men saying, oh, you women, you're so frivolous.
And they'd wear their weird little cherry [F] banana hat on their [Eb] heads or something crazy.
And a man would always wear a three-cornered [B] hat, push down in front, look like Walter Winshaw with a little press sticker on his hat.
Good evening, Mr.
and Mrs.
America.
That kind of a guy.
And the woman was that.
Hi.
She's back from the PTA, you know, it's [Gb] weird stuff.
_ Then that's all gone under, luckily.
But [Bb] we still have those weird heavy shoes.
_ _ [N] _ And there are always people to fill weird heavy shoes.
No matter what you do with them, no matter where you put them,
there'll always be a couple of very hungry feet that want to get inside those heavy shoes
and walk around on them and step [Eb] on people if possible with those heavy, heavy shoes.
[G] _ _ And now [Ab] a song about shoes.
[D] _ Well, [N] it's a long, long time. _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Eb] To say my last goodbye, the [Fm] lowly [Eb] noon, ain't worth another try.
_ _ _ _ [Fm]
Save me from all the trouble [Eb] and the pain.
I know I'm weak, [Cm] but I can't face that [Bb] girl again.
_ _ _ _ [Fm]
Tell her the [F] reasons why I can't remain.
[Ab] Perhaps she'll [Fm] understand if you tell it to [Bb] her plain.
_ _ _ [Eb] Oh, but how can words express the feel [Cm] of sunlight [Eb] in the morning in the [Fm] hills?
[Eb] Away from the city strife, I need a country woman for my wife.
I'd city [F] more, but I love the country life.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ [Eb] Some of you were born in the [Db] 50s.
Most of you were born in the [B] 50s.
I was born in the [Gb] 40s.
[E] And they had weird, weird fat [Ab] suits and heavy [Gb] shoes.
You ever look [G] in your father's closet and see some of his old shoes? _ _
You wonder how he got all those leg [Db] muscles. _ _ _ _
They weigh a ton.
Their wingtips, thick old soles on them, are supposed to last through a thousand miles of Wall Street pavement.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ebm] _
Now men [N] wear different clothes.
In fact, they used to be much more standard than women.
Women used to always have all the frilly stuff, and that was the role playing that went on then for a long time.
Men saying, oh, you women, you're so frivolous.
And they'd wear their weird little cherry [F] banana hat on their [Eb] heads or something crazy.
And a man would always wear a three-cornered [B] hat, push down in front, look like Walter Winshaw with a little press sticker on his hat.
Good evening, Mr.
and Mrs.
America.
That kind of a guy.
And the woman was that.
Hi.
She's back from the PTA, you know, it's [Gb] weird stuff.
_ Then that's all gone under, luckily.
But [Bb] we still have those weird heavy shoes.
_ _ [N] _ And there are always people to fill weird heavy shoes.
No matter what you do with them, no matter where you put them,
there'll always be a couple of very hungry feet that want to get inside those heavy shoes
and walk around on them and step [Eb] on people if possible with those heavy, heavy shoes.
[G] _ _ And now [Ab] a song about shoes.
[D] _ Well, [N] it's a long, long time. _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Eb] To say my last goodbye, the [Fm] lowly [Eb] noon, ain't worth another try.
_ _ _ _ [Fm]
Save me from all the trouble [Eb] and the pain.
I know I'm weak, [Cm] but I can't face that [Bb] girl again.
_ _ _ _ [Fm]
Tell her the [F] reasons why I can't remain.
[Ab] Perhaps she'll [Fm] understand if you tell it to [Bb] her plain.
_ _ _ [Eb] Oh, but how can words express the feel [Cm] of sunlight [Eb] in the morning in the [Fm] hills?
[Eb] Away from the city strife, I need a country woman for my wife.
I'd city [F] more, but I love the country life.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
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