Castles in the Air chords by Hoodoo Gurus

SimplifiedD · Em · G · A · C

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Verse 1
D 
Em 
 (D major) Once I built a castle in the  (E minor) air,
G 
D 
 (G major) A  home for you and I-  (D major) 
In a blue, blue sky.
We'd leave behind
Em 
the weight of worldly care,  (E minor) 
G 
D 
 (G major) I  thought we could fly  (D major) 

Verse 2
We only had to try.
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Em 
 (G major) Ah, I had to learn fast,  (E minor) 
G 
(For your own  (G major) good)
D 
I had to learn fast  (D major) 
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Em 
G 
 (G major) And when I knew at last  (E minor)  (G major) 
(You understood)
A 
I knew at last  (A major) 

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Verse 3

Hell and heaven can be one and the same,

If you don't know how

You should know by now,

Every pleasure always holds

an equal amount of pain

But it all works out,

Interlude 1

I have no doubt.

Verse 4
G 
Em 
 (G major) Ah, we had to learn fast,  (E minor) 
G 
(For our own  (G major) good)
D 
C 
We had to barn fast.  (D major)  (C major) 
G 
Em 
 (G major) And when we knew at last  (E minor) 
G 
(When  (G major) we understood)
We knew at last
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 5
D 
Em 
Every  (D major) kite has got to have a string  (E minor) for it to fly
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D 
G 
 (G major) Up to who knows where  (D major)  (G major) ?
D 
Castles in the air.  (D major) 
So there are strings attached
Em 
to you  (E minor) and I
G 
D 
 (G major) Though they hold us tight  (D major) 

Outro 1
We can take flight.
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (C major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major) 