Castles In The Sand chords by David Allan Coe
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Verse 1
(G major) Yeah, I've seen you face in magazines
(C major) Yeah I've read all of those (D major) press
room queens de (G major) scriptions
I can't believe the lies (D major) they tell (G major)
(C major) But truth is not (D major) the way
to sell subscriptions (G major)
Verse 2
(C major) After all the smoke (D major) had cleared away (G major)
(C major) Did not take me (D major) long to find
out (G major) what you (D major) had to say (E minor)
(C major) This is just a game
And I'm glad (A minor) i finally learned to play
By the (D major) rules
Do they (C major) think (D major) we're fools
They put you (G major) down behind my back
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Verse 3
(C major)
Distorting all (D major) the honest facts
about you (G major)
While searching through your lyric sheets
(C major) For secret meanings (D major) too
discreet to doubt you (G major)
Verse 4
(C major) Isn't it a shame (D major) they never heard (G major)
(C major) They finally wro (D major) te you off
as really (G major) being too absurd (E minor)
(C major) While all the time you sacrificed
your rhymes
To find a word they could not see (D major)
Hidden (C major) in your (G major) melod (D major) ies
Verse 5
Like a tree (C major) that could bend (D major) with the wind (G major)
Like a (C major) river that flows (D major) around the bend (G major)
Like a dream (C major)
Like a song (D major)
They all cross (G major) right or wrong (C major)
They just (G major) keep on building (D major) castles in the
sand
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 6
(G major) (C major)
Then just (G major) like you (D major) they told me lies (G major)
(C major) And (D major) offered corporate alibis
to change me (G major)
(D major) My songs were taken
through the (G major) mill
(C major) While manager (D major) s were
hired to rearrange (G major) me
Verse 7
(C major) They led me to the slaughter (D major) like a lamb
(G major) (C major) I just kept pre (D major) tending
that I did (G major) not give a damn (E minor)
(C major) Now this situations gotten
too (A minor) far out of hand
To be (D major) real
I don't (C major) wanna make (D major) a deal
Parasites reach for your (G major) heart
Verse 8
(C major)
Each one must try (D major) do their part to drain (G major) you
(D major) You give them your best auto (G major) graph
(C major) On pictures (D major) knowing well
they're gonna frame you (G major)
Verse 9
(C major) Don't you know it hap (D major) pens every time (G major)
(C major) Little did they know (D major) I could
(G major) read between the line (E minor)
(C major) You told them times were changing
But they (A minor) did not heed the signs
I'm (D major) not that green
Bobby do you (C major) know (D major) what I mean
Verse 10
I'm Like a tree (C major) that can bend (D major)
with the wind (G major)
I'm like a (C major) river that flows (D major)
around the bend (G major)
I'm like a dream (C major)
Like a song (D major)
That I've crossed (G major) right or wrong
(C major) And I'll just keep (G major) on building (D major) castles
in the sand
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 11
(G major) (C major)
They drove (D major) me in their limousines (G major)
(C major) My pockets burst (D major) ing at the
seems with money (G major)
They said (D major) i could take your place
(C major) By putting makeup on my (D major) face like honey (G major)
Verse 12
(C major) Now don't you know it
(D major) chilled me to the bone (G major)
(C major) They even had the nerve (D major) to ask me if
i could re- write like a rolling stone (E minor)
(C major) Thats when I told they the
should leave my ass alone
(D major) It s plan to see
I just (C major) wanted to (G major) be free (D major)
Verse 13
Like a tree (C major) that can bend (D major) with the wind (G major)
Like a (C major) river that flows (D major) around the bend (G major)
Like a dream (C major)
Like a song (D major)
That I cross (G major) right or wrong
(C major) And I'll just keep (G major) on building (D major) castles in
the sand
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 14
(G major) (C major)
And every song (D major) i write my friend
I (C major) play it with my band
Castles In The Sand
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