Down the (F)street di you can hear her scream, be βYouβre a dis grace,β as she (Am)slams the door in the woods in his drunk en face.
friends.
sound.
And And (Em7)now he stands wished out side when he grew and all he the (C)neigh bors start to gos sip and (G)drool.
di an chief.
He Man y (F5)cries, βOh, girl, and you must dream be grew mad.
strong, un til What (Am)hap pened to the sweet love first you and me had?β and A (Em)gainst the door he leans tle, and but starts thing a scene wrong.
and his tears (C)prise fall and burn the him (G)gar den sleep green.
that night.
And so cas tles made of sand
fall in to the sea
e (G)ven tual ly.
A lit tle (F)In di an young brave her who be fore he was ten βcause played (Am)war games pled for the life with his In di an a sound.
And he (Em7)built a dream wished and that when he grew up could he would (C)be a fear less war ri or (G)In ed to die.
She drew her (F5)moons passed to and more the dream of the mad.
shore un and to (Am)mor row he would sing his wonβt hurt me no song and But (Em)fight his first he bat nev and er some made went scene jump and and Sur (C)prise at tack gold killed winged (G)in his sleep green.
that night.
And so cas tles made of sand
melts in to the sea
e (G)ven tual ly.
A lit tle (G)ven tual ly.
There (G)ship is pass ing my way.β
And it real ly did nβt (G5)have to stop.
It just kept on go ing.
(D)And so cas tles made of sand
slips in to the sea
e ven tual ly.
This page shows βCastles Made Of Sandβ by Jimi Hendrix in our color-coded kid songbook view β every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 92 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.