Castle On The Hill

When I was six (D)years (G)old I broke my leg,

(Bm7)and I was run (D)ning (G)from my broth er and (Bm7)his friends,

(D5)and tast (D)ed the (G)sweet per fume of the moun

(Bm7)tain grass I rolled down.

I was young (D)er (G)then.

Take me back to (Asus)when

I (Gmaj9)found (Bm7)my heart (A)and broke it here,

(D)made friends and lost (G6)them through drink the years.

(Gmaj9)And (Bm7)I've not seen (A)the roar ing fields (D)in so long.

I (G6/9)know I've grown,

but I can't wait (D)to go home.

I'm on my (G)way,

(Bm7)driv ing at (A)nine ty down those (D)coun try (G)lanes,

(Bm7)sing ing to (A)"Ti ny Danc er,"

and (D)I miss the way

you (Bm7)make me (A)feel,

and it's real, when (D)we watched the (G)sun set (Bm7)o ver the (A7)cas tle on (A)the hill.

(D5)Fif teen (D)years (G)old and smok ing (Bm7)hand rolled cig a rettes,

run ning from (D)the law

through the back fields and get ting drunk with (Asus)my friends.

(D5)Had my (D)first (G)kiss on Fri day (Bm7)night;

I don't (Asus)reck on that I did it (D5)right,

but I was young (D)er (G)then.

Take me back to (Asus)when we found tle on (A)the hill,

(D)hee hoo, (Bm7)o ver the (A)cas tle on the hill,

(D)hee hoo, (Bm7)o ver the (A7)cas tle on (A)the (Bm7)hill.

(Bm7)One friend left (D)to sew clothes,

and one works down (Asus)by the (Bm7)coast;

one had two kids (G)but lives a lone;

(D)one's broth (Asus)er o ver dosed;

(Bm)one's al read (A)y on his sec ond wife;

(D)one's just bare (A)ly get ting by.

But (Bm)these peo ple raised (A)me and I,

(D)ooh, can't wait (A7)to go home.

And (D)I'm on (A6)my (Gmaj7)way.

(Bm7)I still re mem ber these old (D)coun (Dmaj7)try (Gmaj7)lanes

when (Bm7)we did not (A7sus)know the an swers.

And (D)I miss the way you make

(Bm7)me feel, (A)and it's real when (D)we watched the (G)sun set (Bm7)o ver the (A7)cas tle on (A)the (D)hill,

hee hoo, o (Bm7)ver the cas (A)tle on the (D)hill,