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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1950987,"song":"Cardboard Castles","artist":"Watsky","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11436290-cardboard-castles-chords-by-watsky/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1950987?type=chord","rating":4.89878,"votes":20,"content":"Tuning: Standard\r\n\r\n[Note]\r\nAll Csus4 can be exchanged by an F for easier chords.\r\n\r\n[Chords]\r\n[Ch]Csus4[/Ch]  x3301x or 13301x (with thumb on low E-string 1st fret)\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   133211\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   x32010\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  x02210\r\n[ch]G6[/ch]  32000x\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\nOut on the curb again\r\nN.C.\r\nOn the curb again\r\nN.C.\r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm\r\nN.C.\r\nOut on the curb again\r\nN.C.\r\nOut on the curb again\r\nN.C.\r\nOn the curb again\r\nN.C.\r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm\r\nN.C.\r\nOut on the curb again\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause if we don’t build it who will?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Csus4[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI do things on a shoestring that you couldn’t do for a cool mil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\n  I run with no laces,    and when I fall, I start[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  To build my Taj Mahal with shit I found at Dollarmart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\n  This life’s our greatest project[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  The journey’s all an art[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  But I built my perfect nest,  and it’s ‘bout to fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\n  Again and again and then I just I make it twice as high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And I give my tower teeth,  and I watch it bite the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Because I might just cry if I don’t keep it moving[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI focus on what I can make and not what just got ruined[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Cause every stone will crumble down to dust, to dust, to dust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And I say love thy neighbor,  and I say fuck thy hater[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  There’s nothing I can’t solve with duct tape and construction paper[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  I don’t want a Band-Aid, I’ll    only rip it off, I’ll rip it off[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n(I’m in my room making cardboard castles)\r\n[tab]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n(With shoestring rope)\r\n[tab]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the curb again[/tab]\r\n(Soup spoon drawbridge, tinfoil moat)\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm[/tab]\r\n(I’m still dreaming after all these)\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n(years)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  I know someday I’ll pass,  and maybe then rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\n  I’m laying on my back;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Heaven’s my bench press[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\n  ‘Cause my imagination is crazy as Glenn Beck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  A cloud is floating by in the shape of a rent check[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And when the world ends, that’s what I’ll plan towards[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Then I’ll trust girlfriends and maybe landlords[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\n  Cause I been played but I’m looking for more[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI say,  \"What would I gain if I took it to court?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Csus4[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Cause if    people were perfect then there wouldn’t be war[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Csus4[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe stay    pushing but once we get a foot in the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\nWe get our toes chopped off and a foot of manure[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI still   gotta believe people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre good at the core[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\n‘Cause if we weren’t, what’s at stake?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nWhy would we stay to break what we make[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd create all these beautiful mistakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G6[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they blow our house down let’s draw on the walls, the walls, the walls[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Csus4[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the curb again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]    \r\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut on the curb again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m in my room making cardboard castles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith shoestring rope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSoup spoon drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTinfoil moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G6[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nI’m still dreaming after all these years[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard\n\n[Note]\nAll Csus4 can be exchanged by an F for easier chords.\n\n[Chords]\nCsus4  x3301x or 13301x (with thumb on low E-string 1st fret)\nF   133211\nC   x32010\nAm  x02210\nG6  32000x\n\n[Intro]\nN.C.\nOut on the curb again\nN.C.\nOn the curb again\nN.C.\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm\nN.C.\nOut on the curb again\nN.C.\nOut on the curb again\nN.C.\nOn the curb again\nN.C.\nI’ve come to learn it’s hard and firm\nN.C.\nOut on the curb again\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n(I’m in my room making cardboard castles)\n\n(With shoestring rope)\n\n(Soup spoon drawbridge, tinfoil moat)\n\n(I’m still dreaming after all these)\n\n(years)\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Csus4","F","E","C","Am","G6","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}