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Love - The Castle Chords

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The Castle Chords

(ver. 1)
Love
"The Castle"
                              (Arthur Lee)

Intro:

	(fingerpicked):

	Am/E  Em/B      C   Fmaj7   Am/E          A/E
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	  D   Fmaj7     G
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

[instrumental over verse chords]

Verse 1:

	 C         G        Am          C
	Here's my baggage, hand me my staff

	bass:
	      D       Am                A
	      v   v   v   v   v   v     v
	     ---------2---------------|---
	     -0---0-3---3-2---0-------|---
	     ---0---------------3-----|-0-
	     ---------------------1h2-|---
	I'm leaving on a plane, a boat or raft

	Em     G
	Oh...

Verse 2:

	A my love, B I love, so hard to choose
	If that were in my mind, it I would use
	Oh...

Bridge:

	 C             F
	Goin' back to Mother
	 C              F
	Leavin' on the double
	  D               G A D
	Think I'll go to Mexico

	[3/4]
	F             Em            G
	/ / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  /
	Oh            oh            oh

	bass:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v
	---------7\--|---------5\--|---------4\--|---
	-------7-7\--|-------5-5\--|-------4-4\--|---
	-5---5-------|-3---3-------|-2---2-------|---
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-

[3 instrumental repeats of verse chords (w/harpsichord 2nd and 3rd time)]

[repeat intro (w/full band, bass as indicated)]:

	 Am    Em      C   Fmaj7     Am           A
	[A  C  B  D    C  E  D  F    E     A      E     A]     <= bass
	 /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	D  Fmaj7/C    G
	/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

Coda:

	C     G     Am     C
	/  /  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	C#addG        DaddG
	x4302x        x5403x
	  /  /  /  /    /  /  /  /

[2:20]

Acoustic guitar [2X]:

	                                           Em [band]
	 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
	---------------------------------|---------/---/-------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------------------------------
	-------------2---3p2---2p0-------|---------------------------------
	-2---2h3h5-------------------3---|-2-------------------------------
	---------------------------------|---------0---0-------------------
	                                               ^ 1st time only

[2:25]

	guitar 1:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-2-------0---|-2---3----0--|-2-------0---
	-------------|-----3-------|-------------|-----3-------

	guitar 2:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-2---3---0---
	-------------|-------------|-2---3---0---|-------------
	-------------|-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------
	-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------

	bass:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v     v   v   v
	-------------|-------------|-1---2-------|-4---5-------
	-------------|-2---3---0---|---------3---|---------7---
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
	-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------


	guitar 1:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v
	-------------|-------------|-7-
	-------------|-3---5---7---|-7-
	-------------|-4---6---8---|-8-
	-------0-2-0-|-------------|---
	----2--------|-------------|---
	-0-----------|-------------|---

	guitar 2:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v
	-------------|-2-3-2---2---|---
	-3---4---0---|-------------|---
	-------------|-------------|-0-
	-------------|-------------|---
	-------------|-------------|---
	-------------|-------------|---

	bass:
	 v   v   v     v   v   v     v
	-6---7-------|-8---9-------|---
	---------9---|---------10--|-9-
	-------------|-------------|---
	-------------|-------------|---

[2:31; free tempo to end]

	---------------
	---------------
	-2----2h3-2----
	-2-----2--0----
	-0-----0--0----
	---------------
	      ^^^^^ 6X

	Em   F   D
	/    /   /

	[drum roll]

	---------------
	---------------
	-2----2h3-2----
	-2-----2--0----
	-0-----0--0----
	---------------
	      ^^^^^ 5X

	G   G7   G
	/   /    /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
            
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