The Coral Castle chords by Andrew Peterson

SimplifiedEm · Baug · B · G · D …

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Em
Baug
B
G
D
C#dim
A
C

Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Late one
B 
night I had a no (B major) tion
Em 
G 
D 
An epi (E minor) phany would  (G major) be a better word  (D major) 
C#dim 
So I stumbled  (C sharpdim) in the dark
A 
C 
down  (A major) to  (C major) the ocean
B 
And I  (B major) pulled my broken heart
Em 
D 
out of  (E minor) the surf  (D major) 

Verse 2

I had told her I did not have

much to offer

And I had told her I would

treat her like a queen

But I guess I wasn't worth

what I would cost her

So the night has brought me

to this coral reef

Verse 3
C 
G 
So down  (C major) to the water I will  (G major) come
C 
To raise  (C major) for her this castle
G 
with  (G major) my hands
C 
And steal  (C major) away before the
Em 
A 
 (E minor) morning  (A major) comes
C#dim 
A 
D 
 (C sharpdim) Cause  (A major) I don't need  (D major) her love to
C 
G 
 (C major) love her all I  (G major) can
C 
G 
Em 
 (C major)  (G major)  (E minor) 

Verse 4
B 
 (B major) 
Em 
B 
So  (E minor) night on night and year on  (B major) year
Em 
Well, I  (E minor) worked until my
D 
hands no longer  (D major) bled
C#dim 
C 
And I  (C sharpdim) let      the ocean bear away  (C major) my tears
B 
So that  (B major) she would know that I
Em 
D 
could love her  (E minor) best  (D major) 

Verse 5
C 
And a  (C major) desert's just a sea
G 
without  (G major) a shore
C 
G 
And a lonely  (C major) man at worst is still  (G major) a man
C 
And  (C major) I  ain't gonna cry for
C#dim 
A 
her  (C sharpdim) no       more  (A major) 
C#dim 
A 
D 
 (C sharpdim) Cause  (A major) I don't need  (D major) her
C 
G 
love to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can

Verse 6
C 
G 
B 
 (C major) I   (G major)  (B major) often
Em 
 (E minor) dreamed I saw
B 
her face among the people  (B major) 
Em 
Who'd come to see  (E minor) the coral
D 
fortress I  (D major) had built
A 
C#dim 
But it  (A major) may as  (C sharpdim) well     have been
C 
another seagull  (C major) 
B 
And the castle  (B major) is there
Em 
D 
waiting for her  (E minor) still  (D major) 

Verse 7
C 
G 
So down  (C major) to the water I will  (G major) come
C 
To wander  (C major) through this
G 
castle on  (G major) the sand
C 
And steal  (C major) away before
C#dim 
the morning  (C sharpdim) sun
A 
D 
Cause  (A major) I don't need  (D major) her love
C 
G 
to  (C major) love her all I  (G major) can
D 
C 
I don't need  (D major) her love to  (C major) love
G 
her all I  (G major) can
C 
G 
D 
G 
D 
 (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 