Castles Made Of Sand: Behind The Scenes Chords by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tempo:
91.475 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#m]
[F#]
Well, let's hear Castles Made of Sand.
[B]
[F] [A] [G]
[D]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [F] Down the street you can hear her scream, you're a disgrace
And she [A] slammed the door and it's drummed in [E] place
And now he stands outside and all the [C] neighbors start gossiping through
[Gm]
[G] One of the things I think is also key to this track is Jimmy's wonderful sense of lyrics.
I mean, they're beautiful.
He leans and starts a scene and his tears fall and burn a garden green
[B]
I mean, this is an imagination gone wild.
[G] And I've always loved the pictures he paints with his lyrics.
And one [A] can hear the paper turning.
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would [G] be a fearless warrior, Indian chief
[C] I like the reference to the Indian chief because obviously Jimmy had Indian blood.
He had the Cherokee Indian blood in him and the continuous reference to that.
And in fact, if you listen to the track carefully, there's a little bit of that
[G] gong, g-gong, g-gong, g-gong with the drums.
And so [D] Castles Made of Sand melts [C] into the sea [Gm] eventually
But I mean, that's what we [G] spent all the time in sound checks on tour.
Just learning the songs, getting them, and turning them inside out,
trying them all different rhythms.
Literally by the time you got in the studio, [A#] you should just have to turn the machines on.
I mean, if the band can't play it in two or three takes, it [G] shouldn't be in the studio.
They're not good enough.
[F#]
[G] [E]
[N] Which is an ending we haven't heard yet because on the original we faded it out.
And to hear that little cymbal wash at the end is kind of cool.
[F#]
Well, let's hear Castles Made of Sand.
[B]
[F] [A] [G]
[D]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [F] Down the street you can hear her scream, you're a disgrace
And she [A] slammed the door and it's drummed in [E] place
And now he stands outside and all the [C] neighbors start gossiping through
[Gm]
[G] One of the things I think is also key to this track is Jimmy's wonderful sense of lyrics.
I mean, they're beautiful.
He leans and starts a scene and his tears fall and burn a garden green
[B]
I mean, this is an imagination gone wild.
[G] And I've always loved the pictures he paints with his lyrics.
And one [A] can hear the paper turning.
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would [G] be a fearless warrior, Indian chief
[C] I like the reference to the Indian chief because obviously Jimmy had Indian blood.
He had the Cherokee Indian blood in him and the continuous reference to that.
And in fact, if you listen to the track carefully, there's a little bit of that
[G] gong, g-gong, g-gong, g-gong with the drums.
And so [D] Castles Made of Sand melts [C] into the sea [Gm] eventually
But I mean, that's what we [G] spent all the time in sound checks on tour.
Just learning the songs, getting them, and turning them inside out,
trying them all different rhythms.
Literally by the time you got in the studio, [A#] you should just have to turn the machines on.
I mean, if the band can't play it in two or three takes, it [G] shouldn't be in the studio.
They're not good enough.
[F#]
[G] [E]
[N] Which is an ending we haven't heard yet because on the original we faded it out.
And to hear that little cymbal wash at the end is kind of cool.
Key:
G
C
A
D
F#
G
C
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, let's hear Castles Made of Sand.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] Down the street you can hear her scream, you're a disgrace
And she [A] slammed the door and it's drummed in [E] place
And now he stands outside and all the [C] neighbors start gossiping through
[Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ One of the things I think is also key to this track is Jimmy's wonderful sense of lyrics.
I mean, they're beautiful.
He leans and starts a scene and his tears fall and burn a garden green
[B] _
I mean, this is an imagination gone wild.
_ [G] And I've always loved the pictures he paints with his lyrics. _ _ _
And one [A] can hear the paper turning.
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would [G] be a fearless warrior, Indian chief
[C] I like the reference to the Indian chief because obviously Jimmy had Indian blood.
He had the Cherokee Indian blood in him and the continuous reference to that.
And in fact, if you listen to the track carefully, there's a little bit of that
[G] gong, g-gong, g-gong, g-gong with the drums.
And so [D] Castles Made of Sand melts [C] into the sea _ [Gm] eventually _ _
_ _ _ But I mean, that's what we [G] spent all the time in sound checks on tour.
Just learning the songs, getting them, and turning them inside out,
trying them all different rhythms.
Literally by the time you got in the studio, [A#] you should just have to turn the machines on.
I mean, if the band can't play it in two or three takes, it [G] shouldn't be in the studio.
They're not good enough. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [N] Which is an ending we haven't heard yet because on the original we faded it out.
And to hear that little cymbal wash at the end is kind of cool.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, let's hear Castles Made of Sand.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] Down the street you can hear her scream, you're a disgrace
And she [A] slammed the door and it's drummed in [E] place
And now he stands outside and all the [C] neighbors start gossiping through
[Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ One of the things I think is also key to this track is Jimmy's wonderful sense of lyrics.
I mean, they're beautiful.
He leans and starts a scene and his tears fall and burn a garden green
[B] _
I mean, this is an imagination gone wild.
_ [G] And I've always loved the pictures he paints with his lyrics. _ _ _
And one [A] can hear the paper turning.
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
And he built a dream that when he grew up
He would [G] be a fearless warrior, Indian chief
[C] I like the reference to the Indian chief because obviously Jimmy had Indian blood.
He had the Cherokee Indian blood in him and the continuous reference to that.
And in fact, if you listen to the track carefully, there's a little bit of that
[G] gong, g-gong, g-gong, g-gong with the drums.
And so [D] Castles Made of Sand melts [C] into the sea _ [Gm] eventually _ _
_ _ _ But I mean, that's what we [G] spent all the time in sound checks on tour.
Just learning the songs, getting them, and turning them inside out,
trying them all different rhythms.
Literally by the time you got in the studio, [A#] you should just have to turn the machines on.
I mean, if the band can't play it in two or three takes, it [G] shouldn't be in the studio.
They're not good enough. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [N] Which is an ending we haven't heard yet because on the original we faded it out.
And to hear that little cymbal wash at the end is kind of cool.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _