From acoustic BBC Radio 1 performance (Jan 6,2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytb7J0ciBcE Verse and Pre-Chorus (palm mute): D D/F# G Em7 A e|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| B|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| G|-2--------2------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-| D|-0--------0------------|--------------------------|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-| A|-x--x--x--x--x--x------|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|--------------------------| E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------| Chorus (let ring):
D D/F# G Em7 A e|-2--------2--------2---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-| B|-3--------3--------3---|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-|-3--------3--------3--3-3-| G|-2--------2--------2---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-|-2--------2--------2--2-2-| D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--------0--------0--0-0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-| A|-------------------x---|-x--------x--------x--x-x-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-|--------------------------| E|-------------------2---|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-3-|--------------------------|--------------------------| Verse 1: D D/F# G Em7 A When I was six years old I broke my leg D D/F# G Em7 A And I was running from my brother and his friends D D/F# G Em7 A And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down D D/F# G Em7 A I was younger then, take me back to when I Pre-Chorus 1: G A D Found my heart and broke it here G Made my friends and lost them through the years G A D G And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown G A But I can't wait to go home Chorus 1: D D/F# G Em7 A I'm on my way, driving at ninety D D/F# G Em7 A Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer D D/F# G Em7 A And I miss the way you made me feel, it's real D D/F# G Em7 A We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill Verse 2: D D/F# G Em7 A Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes D D/F# G Em7 A Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends D D/F# G Em7 A Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right D D/F# G Em7 A I was younger then, take me back to when Pre-Chorus 2: G A D We found weekend jobs, when we got paid G G We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight A D G Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh, how we've grown G A But I can't wait to go home Chorus 2: D D/F# G Em7 A I'm on my way, driving at ninety D D/F# G Em7 A Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer D D/F# G Em7 A And I miss the way you made me feel, it's real D D/F# G Em7 A We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Em7 A Over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Em7 A Over the castle on the hill Bridge: Em7G D A Em7 G D A One friend left to sell clothes, one works down by the coast Em7 G D A One had two kids but lives alone, one's brother overdosed Em7 G D A One's already on his second wife, one's just barely getting by Em7 G D A But these people raised me and I can't wait to go home Chorus 3: D D/F# G Em7 A And I'm on my way, I still remember D D/F# G Em7 A These old country lanes when we did not know the answers D D/F# G Em7 A And I miss the way you made me feel, it's real D D/F# G Em7 A We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Em7 A Over the castle on the hill D D/F# G Em7 A Over the castle on the hill
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Castle On The Hill Acoustic by Ed Sheeran