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INTRO: D VERSE1: D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD I BROKE MY LEG D/F# G Bm A A/C# D I WAS RUNNING FROM MY BROTHER AND HIS FRIENDS D/F# G Bm A A/C# D TASTED THE SWEET PERFUME OF THE MOUNTAIN GRASS I ROLLED DOWN D/F# G Bm I WAS YOUNGER THEN, A A/C# D TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN I G A D G FOUND MY HEART AND BROKE IT HERE, MADE 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 A BUT I CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME CHORUS: D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D D/F# G I’M ON MY WAY, DRIVING AT 90 DOWN THOSE COUNTRY LANES Bm A A/C# D D/F# G Bm A A/C# SINGING TO TINY DANCER, AND I MISS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, AND IT’S REAL D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D WHEN WE WATCHED THE SUNSET OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL VERSE2: D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND SMOKING HAND ROLLED CIGARETTES D/F# G Bm A A/C# D RUNNING FROM THE LAW THROUGH THE BACKFIELDS AND GETTING DRUNK WITH MY FRIENDS D/F# G Bm A A/C# D HAD MY FIRST KISS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, I DON’T RECKON I DID IT RIGHT D/F# G Bm A A/C# D I WAS YOUNGER THEN, TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN WE FOUND G A D G G WEEKEND JOBS WHEN WE GOT PAID AND 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 A I CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME CHORUS: D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D D/F# G I’M ON MY WAY, DRIVING AT 90 DOWN THOSE COUNTRY LANES Bm A A/C# D D/F# G Bm A A/C# SINGING TO TINY DANCER, AND I MISS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, AND IT’S REAL D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D WHEN WE WATCHED THE SUNSET OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL D/F# G Bm A A/C# D OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL D/F# G Bm A A/C# D OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL D/F# G Bm A A/C# D OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL INSTRUMENTAL: Bm D/F# G D A BRIDGE: Bm D/F# G D ONE FRIEND LEFT TO SELL CLOTHES A/C# ONE WORKS DOWN BY THE COAST Bm D/F# G D ONE HAD TWO KIDS BUT LIVES ALONE A/C# ONE’S BROTHER OVERDOSED Bm D/F# G D ONES AL - READY ON HIS SECOND WIFE A/C# ONES JUST BARELY GETTING BY Bm D/F# G D BUT THESE PEOPLE RAISED ME A/C# AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME CHORUS: D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D D/F# G I’M ON MY WAY, AND I STILL REMEMBER THESE OLD COUNTRY LANES Bm A A/C# D D/F# G Bm A A/C# WHEN WE DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS, AND I MISS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, AND IT’S REAL D D/F# G Bm A A/C# D WHEN WE WATCHED THE SUNSET OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL D/F# G Bm A A/C# D OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL D/F# G Bm A A/C# D OVER THE CASTLE ON THE HILL
