[Intro]
[G]     [D]    [F]    [C]      [G] [C]    [G] [C]  [G] [C]
 
 
[Verse 1]
         [F]
Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a disgrace"
       [Am]
As she slams the door in his drunken face
    [Em7]
And now he stands outside
            [F]                  [C]          [G]
And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool
 
   [F]
He cries "Oh, girl you must be mad
     [Am]
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?"
 [Em7]
Against the door he leans and starts a scene
        [F]              [C]        [G]
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
 
 
[Chorus 1]
       [G]               [D]
And so castles made of sand 
            [F]         [C]
Fall in the sea, eventually
 
 
[Verse 2]
         [F]
A little Indian brave who before he was ten
       [Am]
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends
       [Em7]
And he built a dream that when he grew up
         [F]             [C]       [G]
He would be a fearless warrior Indian Chief
 
     [F]
Many moons past and more the dream grew stronger
      [Am]
Until tomorrow he would sing his first war song 
    [Em7]
And fight his first battle, but something went wrong
   [F]           [C]           [G]
Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night
 
 
[Chorus 2]
       [G]               [D]
And so castles made of sand 
               [F]         [C]
Melts into the sea, eventually
 
 
[Verse 3]
      [F]
There was a young girl whose heart was a frown
             [Am]
Cause she was crippled for life and she couldn't speak a sound
       [Em7]                               [F]      [C]
And she wished and prayed she could stop livin'
       [G]
So she decided to die
 
             [F]
She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore
    [Am]
And to her legs she smiled "You won't hurt me no more"
    [Em7]
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say
[F]          [C]             [G]
  "Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way"
 
 
And it really didn't have to stop
 
It just kept on goin'
 
 
[Chorus 3]
       [G]               [D]
And so castles made of sand 
               [F]         [C]
Slips into the sea, eventually