[Verso]

 Gm                Dm
Moonbeams and twilight
  F           Em         Dm
Sit by the fireside and glow
 Gm               Dm
Casting grand shadows
  F        Em         Dm
All on the meadows below

[Verso]

 Gm                 Dm
But the old king is quiet
 Bb              C            Dm
Looks into the fire, I think he knows
 Gm                   Dm
That his bubble has burst
 Bb           C              Dm
And what's worse is now it shows

[Pre-refrão]

 F                   C
His old world is changing
   Dm            C     Bb
But he don't notice at all
 F                   C
His kingdom is crumbling
   Dm            C     Bb    C
But he can't see it and so, oh

[Refrão]

 Gm           Am        Dm
Some kings just don't care
 Gm           Am        Dm
Happy just to stare and stare
 Gm             Am
And bad things will happen
 Gm           Am        Dm
That cause old castles to fall

( Gm  Dm  F  Em  Dm )
( Gm  Dm  F  Em  Dm )

[Verso]

 Gm               Dm
He could have done something
   F       Em       Dm
Inspired a tired old Earth
 Gm                     Dm
Done something good, done something right
  F              Em                 Dm
With which the people could unite and grow

[Pre-refrão]

 F                   C
For their old world is changing
   Dm            C     Bb
But they don't notice at all
   F                   C
Their kingdoms are crumbling
   Dm            C     Bb    C
But they can't see it and so, oh

[Refrão]

 Gm           Am        Dm
Some kings just can't say no
 Gm           Am                   Dm
They'll take till there's nothing to grow
 Gm             Am
And bad things will happen
 Gm             Am         Dm
That cause old castles to fall
 Gm             Am
For its roots are rotten
 Gm             Am
Its old walls and all
 Gm                Am
And bad things will happen
 Gm             Am
That cause old castles
 Gm             Am
Cause old castles
 Gm             Am    Dm    Gm  C  D
Cause old castles to fall          Oh