------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Thunder was a great band that didn't get as much attention as they would've deserved. This is one of their great rock songs. The chorus and interlude are played with power chords I think. Try it out.<< Standard tuning INTRO e|---------0-1----------0-3----------0-1---5-1----------0-3-------------| B|-1h3p1--1--1--1h3p1--1--3--1h3p1--1--1--1---1-1h3p1--1--3-------------| G|-------2---2--------0---0--------2---2-2------------0---0-------------| D|-----------3------------0------------3------------------0-------------| A|-0---------0--3---------2--0------------------3---------2-------------| E|------------------------3-------------------------------3-------------| VERSE1 Am F/A There must??ve been a moment C G A second or a time Am F/A C G When I didn't look up or I missed some kind of sign Am F/A Turned the wrong direction C G When she was just an inch away Am F/A Like a missed connection C G And my future slipped away PRE-CHORUS Fsus4 F There've been times when I feel like I'm Fsus4 Am7 Conspired against by fate Bsus4 DsusD It's almost bad enough to make me hate CHORUS Am F C G I'm sick of building castles in the sand Am F G C D (Em) Just waiting for another fake to break my promised land F G C G/B Am G I've been looking for the real thing in a lonely one night stand D/F# F G Like building castles in the sand (1/2 of INTRO) VERSE2/PRE-CHORUS Am F/A C G Cos it terrifies me, ending up alone Am F/A C G And it walks beside me, the ghost of chances gone Bsus4 F Bsus4 Am7 Did I have it did I let it go, or close the door too fast? Bsus4 Dsus4 D Is there an answer locked up in my past?...in my past CHORUS2 Am F C G I'm sick of building castles in the sand Am F G C D (Em) Seems like everybody else I know can hold it in their hands F G C B/G Am G So will it ever happen or am I doomed to walk this land D/F# F G Just building castles in the sand? (SOLO) Am F/A C G x2 BFBGGG/B INTERLUDE D5 E5 F5 G5 E5 I've been crying, I've been living alone so long D5 E5 F5 G5 I've been over and over the reasons F G But I can't find the thing that's wrong D5 E5 F5 G5 B5 In my mind, all the evidence seems to say C G Em I wouldn't even know it if she walked right in today CHORUS2 Am F C G I'm sick of building castles in the sand Am F G C D (Em) Seems like everybody else I know can hold it in their hands F G C B/G Am G So will it ever happen or am I doomed to walk this land D/F# G Em Am... (repeat Am-F-C-G) Just building castles in the sand?