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* RHCP/Jimi Hendrix: *
*Castles Made of Sand*
* Chords *
* Transcripted by: *
* Yaneey *
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So,this is a Hendrix song,but the Red Hot Chili Peppers played it live many
times.And a live version of this song is on an album (Under the covers) too.
These are the chords,but you can find a guitar tab (the Hendrix version,but rhcp
played this song the same way.)
G: 355433
F: 133211
Am:x02210
F?:x3301x
For the intro and the chorus see the "Hendrix:Castles made of sand" guitar tab.
I can't write the intro and the chorus chords yet.
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G F
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? G
And now he stands outside and all the neighbours start to gossip and drool.
G 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 F? G
And his tears fall and burn the garden green.
And so castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually.
G 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 G? G
he would be a fearless warrior Indian Chief.
G F
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
And so castles made of sand, melts into the sea eventually.
G F
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
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.
And so castles made of sand slips into the sea,
Eventually
Yaneey from the backwoods
yaneey@freemail.hu
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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edwin Wanna Be |
#1 by edwin henrriquez at Mar 2, 1982 at 4:42 AM EST |
| not even close to the emotions of the hendrix one | |
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David Rhythm Player |
#2 by David Bradley at Sep 1, 1982 at 8:27 PM EST |
| no matter how small your dreams are... no matter how hard you aim at it... it still wont work out... all dreams... like sandcastles... are fragile and dont work out | |
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david Average |
#3 by david maynard at Apr 12, 1987 at 8:39 PM EST |
| love this song. jimi hendrix and mr. john frusciate are guitar gods for life!!!!! | |
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Manu Professional Badass |
#4 by Manu at Feb 27, 1995 at 12:43 AM EST |
| i've heard the Hendrix version and it's a great song, haven't hear this one yet. | |
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sebastian Professional |
#5 by sebastian at May 15, 1995 at 8:13 AM EST |
| I just think it means nothing lasts forever be it a great fling, a dream of being a warrior or a life of misery. Because you never know when that sea is going to come take your castle away. So basically its a metaphor for life and death. | |
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Alexxx <3 Lead Player |
#6 by Alexxx <3 at Feb 27, 2001 at 7:12 PM EST |
| i really like this song. don't know the word to describe what happens, but its about people with big hopes, but they lose them and people with no hope and they gain it. | |
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Sir Stuff Professional |
#7 by Sir Stuff at May 9, 2001 at 7:43 AM EST |
| I love this song. so peaceful. havent heard the chili peppers (although they're my favourite band) one yet, but i love the hendrix version. i think its just a metaophore that everything comse to an end, good or bad. | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#8 by TonkpilS at May 10, 2001 at 9:37 PM EST |
| I really like this cover, even though I haven't heard the Hendrix version yet. I think it's about how it doesn't matter what you do in life, you will go one day, like castles of sand are washed away in the sea. | |
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Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player |
#9 by Perfect Perversion™ at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:53 AM EST |
| its so beautiful that they played this song with john after the tragic thing that happened in the band. i think its a tribute to hillel cuz he was such a great fan of hendrix. i dont know why they didnt cover if 6 was 9 | |
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Courtney Wanna Be |
#10 by Courtney L. at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:19 AM EST |
| i think it just means that life doesnt always turn out the way that you expect it to...for example when you are a little kid at the beach, you make a castle in the sand...you dont expect it to get destroyed, but then the tide comes in, and it is destroyed... in the three verses, something happened that was unexpected and unwanted...a couple breaks up because of alcohol abuse...a little boy does not get to grow up to be what he wants to be...and a girl wanted a better life... no one expects tragedies to happen, but they do happen, everyone has a castle in the sand, and one day it will be destroyed... | |
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Dudey Average |
#11 by Dudey at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:16 PM EST |
| This is a really great cover. One of their best ones. The first time my mom heard it she thought it was actually Hendrix. Which is pretty cool, because she saw him at Woodstock. | |
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isaac Average |
#12 by isaac fritsch at Oct 10, 2007 at 6:39 AM EST |
| They did a great job with the song, though the Hendrix version is a bit better. Still a great job by Fruiscante on the guitar and Anthony on the vocals. The song itself is about broken dreams obviously. | |
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sean Wanna Be |
#13 by sean bradly at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:12 AM EST |
| I think the Chili's did a great job covering this song. It's my current song that's stuck in my head, so I thought I should write a comment about it. I've heard both versions, and to me I like the Chili Peppers version better (even though it's Jimmy's song) Anthony just sounds amazing, like always. And I like that it's a live concert version of it on the albums. (Mother's Milk-remastered, and Out In LA) And that's about it for now, I might be back later to add some other comments.... until then...see ya! | |
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Joonas Wanna Be |
#14 by Joonas Luukkainen at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:35 AM EST |
| haillel was a really big hendrix fan if 6 was 9 was his fave | |
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