G        F
1. Down the street you can hear
   her scream "you're a disgrace"
   Am 
   As she slams the door in his drunken face,
   Em7		     F     F?	     
   And now he stands outside and
              G
   all the neighbours start to gossip and drool.
   
   G  F
2. 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		F?		G
   And his tears fall and burn the garden green. 
R: And so castles made of sand,
   fall in the sea, eventually.
   
   G        F					     
3. 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				G?    G
   he would be a fearless warrior Indian Chief.
   
   G    F                         
4. Many moons passed and more the dream grew strong,
   until tomorrow
   Am
   He would sing his first war song,
   Em7
   And fight his first battle, but something went wrong,
   F		F?		G
   Suprise attack killed him in his sleep that night 
R: And so castles made of sand,
   melts into the sea eventually.
   
   G	   F						
5. There was a young girl, whose heart was a frown,
   Am				
   Because she was crippled for life, and couldn't speak a sound
   Em7
   And she wished and prayed she would stop 
   F	   F?		G
   living,so she decided to die.
   
   G	    F						
6. She drew her wheel chair 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		F?		G
   "Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way"  
*: And it really didn't have to stop...
   it just kept on going.
R: And so castles made of sand
   slips into the sea, eventually.