• Song:

    Fairy Tales And Castles

  • Artist:

    Lifehouse

 E (022100@1)    F#mHe (244222@1)says he looks in the mirror
Cm# (x13321@4)           A (x02220@1)         
And he can't tell anymore
E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)           C#m (x13321@4)                A (x02220@1)Who he really is and who they believed him to be
 E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)                    
And he says he walks a thin line
Cm# (x13321@4)            A (x02220@1)              
Between what is and what could be
 E (022100@1)               F#m (244222@1)  
and he's getting closer
 C#m (x13321@4)               A (x02220@1)            
to something he can't understand

B5 (x244xx@1)                  ECause (022100@1)there's a crack in his plastic crown
B5 (x244xx@1)                  Eand (022100@1)his throne of ice is melting
B5He (x244xx@1)climbed his ladder 
EThere (022100@1)was nothing there
A5Now (x022xx@1)it's a long way down

      E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      C#mCause (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
        A (x02220@1)   EDancing (022100@1)on the grave
        F#m (244222@1)                C#m (x13321@4)   Aof (x02220@1)what he thought was still alive (Hey)
    E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)         C#mand (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
         A (x02220@1)        EDancing (022100@1)in mansions made of twigs
    F#m (244222@1)           Aand (x02220@1)castles made of sand

E (022100@1)     F#m (244222@1)                      
He says his head is filled up with
C#m (x13321@4)           ACartoons (x02220@1)and fairy tales
E (022100@1)                       F#m (244222@1)              
and he's trapped inside a dungeon of dolls
C#m (x13321@4)          AWith (x02220@1)smiles on their faces
E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)      
He's built a pretty cage
C#m (x13321@4)          AHis (x02220@1)show's on a beautiful stage
E (022100@1)               F#mWith (244222@1)candy coated prison bars
C#m (x13321@4)                     Aand (x02220@1)chains that look like jewelry

B5 (x244xx@1)                  ECause (022100@1)there's a crack in his plastic crown
B5 (x244xx@1)                  Eand (022100@1)his throne of ice is melting
B5He (x244xx@1)climbed his ladder 
EThere (022100@1)was nothing there
A5Now (x022xx@1)it's a long way down

      E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      C#mCause (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
        A (x02220@1)   EDancing (022100@1)on the grave
        F#m (244222@1)                C#m (x13321@4)   Aof (x02220@1)what he thought was still alive (Hey)
    E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)         C#mand (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
         A (x02220@1)        EDancing (022100@1)in mansions made of twigs
    F#m (244222@1)           Aand (x02220@1)castles made of sand

C#m (x13321@4)                 ACause (x02220@1)he lives inside
         E (022100@1)                F#mof (244222@1)fairy tales and castles now
C#m (x13321@4)                     Aand (x02220@1)there's no room inside
               E (022100@1)         F#m (244222@1)       A5 (x022xx@1) A (x02220@1)    
for false expectations and illusions

B5 (x244xx@1)                  EThere's (022100@1)a crack in his plastic crown
B5 (x244xx@1)                  Eand (022100@1)his throne of ice is melting
B5He (x244xx@1)climbed his ladder 
EThere (022100@1)was nothing there
A5Now (x022xx@1)it's a long way down
AIt's (x02220@1)along way down

      E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      C#mCause (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
        A (x02220@1)   EDancing (022100@1)on the grave
        F#m (244222@1)                C#m (x13321@4)   Aof (x02220@1)what he thought was still alive (Hey)
    E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)         C#mand (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
         A (x02220@1)        EDancing (022100@1)in mansions made of twigs
    F#m (244222@1)           Aand (x02220@1)castles made of sand

      E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      C#mCause (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
        A (x02220@1)   EDancing (022100@1)on the grave
        F#m (244222@1)                C#m (x13321@4)   Aof (x02220@1)what he thought was still alive (Hey)
    E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)         C#mand (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
         A (x02220@1)        EDancing (022100@1)in mansions made of twigs
    F#m (244222@1)           Aand (x02220@1)castles made of sand

      E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)      C#mCause (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
        A (x02220@1)   EDancing (022100@1)on the grave
                                         F#m (244222@1)                C#m (x13321@4)   A(Cause (x02220@1)on and on and on he goes) of what he thought was still alive (Hey)
    E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)         C#mand (x13321@4)on and on and on he goes
         A (x02220@1)        EDancing (022100@1)in mansions made of twigs
    F#m (244222@1)           Aand (x02220@1)castles made of sand

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