— See bottom of this tab for Ed’s BBC Radio acoustic performance (Jan 6, 2017) —
Verse      Pre-Chorus   Chorus       Bridge
———— Â Â ———- Â Â ————– Â Â ————–
D   xx023x   G 3x00xx   D    xx0232   Bm   x20233
D/F# 2x023x   A x022xx   D/F#  2×0232   G    3×0033
G   3200xx   D xx023x   G    3×0033   D    xx0232
Bm  x202xx          Bm   x20233   A7sus4 x02033
A   x022xx          A7sus4 x02033
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D        D/F# G         Bm  A
 When I was six years old I broke my leg
D        D/F# G          Bm     A  Â
 And I was running from my brother and his friends
D      D/F# G          Bm         A   Â
 And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass as I rolled down
D      D/F# G  Bm         A
 I was younger then, take me back to when I
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G Â Â Â Â Â AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D
 Found my heart and broke it here
          G
 Made friends and lost them through the years
G Â Â Â Â Â Â Â AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â G
 And I’ve not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I’ve grown
GÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â A
 But I can’t wait to go home
[Chorus 1]
 D   D/F# G  Bm     A7sus4
 I’m on my  way, driving at ninety
    D     D/F# G   Bm     A7sus4
 Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer
   D   D/F# G      Bm    A7sus4
 And I miss the way you make me feel   and it’s real
    D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4       D
 When we watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
[Verse 2]
D     D/F# G        Bm           A
 Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes
D       D/F#  G             Bm           A
 Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends
D    D/F#  G        Bm       A
 Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don’t reckon I did it
D        D/F# G  Bm         A
Right, I was younger then, take me back to when we found
[Pre-Chorus 2]
GÂ Â Â Â Â AÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D
 Weekend jobs and when we got paid
         G           G
 We’d 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
G Â Â Â Â Â Â A
 But I can’t wait to go home
[Chorus 2]
 D   D/F# G  Bm     A7sus4
 I’m on my  way, driving at ninety
    D     D/F# G   Bm     A7sus4
 Down those country lanes singing to Tiny Dancer
   D   D/F# G      Bm    A7sus4
 And I miss the way you make me feel   and it’s real
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4
 We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4
             Over the castle on the hill
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4
             Over the castle on the hill
[Bridge]
Bm G D A7sus4
Bm       G            D      A7sus4
  One friend left to sell clothes and, one works down by the coast
Bm       G          D    A7sus4
  One had two kids but lives alone, one’s brother overdosed
Bm     G            D      A7sus4
  One’s already on his second wife, one’s just barely getting by but
Bm        G         D    A7sus4
  These people raised me and I-I-I, can’t wait to go home
[Chorus 3]
   D   D/F# G  Bm    A7sus4
 And I’m on my  way, I still remember
    D    D/F# G     Bm     A7sus4
 These old country lanes when we did not know the answers
   D   D/F# G      Bm    A7sus4
 And I miss the way you make me feel   and it’s real
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4
 We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4
             Over the castle on the hill
 D     D/F# G   Bm    A7sus4      Â
             Over the castle on the hill
 D
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As played by Ed on BBC Radio 1 on Jan 6, 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytb7J0ciBcE
[Verse] and [Pre-Chorus] (palm mute):
  D        D/F#  G             Bm             A
e|———————–|————————–|————————–|————————–|
B|-3——–3————|————————–|————————–|————————–|
G|-2——–2————|————————–|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|
D|-0–0–0–0–0–0——|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|
A|———————–|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|-2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-2-|-0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0-0-|
E|——————-2—|-3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-3-|————————–|————————–|
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[Chorus] (let ring):
  D        D/F#  G             Bm (actually Bm7#5)    A7sus4
e|-2——–3——–2—|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|
B|-3——–3——–3—|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|-3——–3——–3–3-3-|
G|-2——–2——–2—|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|
D|-0–0–0–0–0–0–0—|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|-0——–0——–0–0-0-|-2——–2——–2–2-2-|
A|——————-x—|-x——–x——–x–x-x-|-2–2–2–2–2–2–2–2-2-|-0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0-0-|
E|——————-2—|-3–3–3–3–3–3–3–3-3-|————————–|————————–|
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↓↑ = strumming pattern
>Â = accented note