Castle on the Hill

Ed Sheeran

Chords & TabKeyDbeginner145 BPM

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Chords4

Chords in this song7

Song

-- See bottom of this tab for Ed’s BBC Radio acoustic performance (Jan 6, 2017) --

Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge

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D xx023x G 3x00xx D xx0232 Bm x20233

D/F# 2x023x A x022xx D/F# 2x0232 G 3x0033

G 3200xx D xx023x G 3x0033 D xx0232

Bm x202xx Bm x20233 A7sus4 x02033

A x022xx A7sus4 x02033

Intro

Verse 1

When I was six years old I broke my leg

And I was running from my brother and his friends

And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass as I rolled down

I was younger then, take me back to when I

Pre-Chorus 1

Found my heart and broke it here

Made friends and lost them through the years

And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown

But I can't wait to go home

Chorus 1

I'm on my way, driving at ninety

Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real

When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Verse 2

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes

Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends

Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon I did it

Right, I was younger then, take me back to when we found

Pre-Chorus 2

Weekend jobs and when we got paid

We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight

Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown

But I can't wait to go home

Chorus 2

I'm on my way, driving at ninety

Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real

We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

Bridge

One friend left to sell clothes, one works down by the coast

One had two kids but lives alone, one's brother overdosed

One's already on his second wife, one's just barely getting by but

These people raised me and I-I-I, can't wait to go home

Chorus 3

And I'm on my way, I still remember

These old country lanes when we did not know the answers

And I miss the way you make me feel and it's real

We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

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As played by Ed on BBC Radio 1 on Jan 6, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytb7J0ciBcE

[Verse] and [Pre-Chorus] (palm mute):

e|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-3--------3------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-2--------2------------|--------------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0------|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
A|-----------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑

> > > > > > > > > > > >

[Chorus] (let ring):

D D/F# G Bm (actually Bm7#5) A7sus4

e|-2--------3--------2---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|
B|-3--------3--------3---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|
G|-2--------2--------2---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|
A|-------------------x---|-x--------x--------x--x-x-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑

↓↑ = strumming pattern

> = accented note

x = dead note