Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
[Intro]
F# F# D#m D#m
F# F# D#m D#m
[Verse]
F# F#
One by one they fell
D#m D#m
The walls could not control
F# F#
A mob too strong to quell
D#m D#m
A storm too large to hold
[Pre-chorus]
C# C#
And a kingdom of bliss
B B
It was gone with a hiss
C# C#
Late at night close my eyes
B B
All alone reminisce
[Chorus]
F# F#
Of when I owned a city
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
That towered over trees
F# F#
So big it blocked the sun, the moon, the stars
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
And all you could see
F# F#
And in there stood a castle
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
With a solid gold throne
D#m
Where I sat at the top of the world
B F#
The king of boxes and stone
E
Of boxes and stone
[Post-chorus Vamp]
F# F# D#m D#m
F# F# D#m D#m
[Verse]
F# F#
The haunting glow within
D#m D#m
Coal embers burning bright
F# F#
And each breath of the wind
D#m D#m
Reminds me of the time
[Pre-chorus]
C# C#
When a kingdom of bliss
B B
It was gone with a hiss
C# C#
Late at night close my eyes
B B
All alone reminisce
[Chorus]
F# F#
Of when I owned a city
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
That towered over trees
F# F#
So big it blocked the sun, the moon, the stars
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
And all you could see
F# F#
And in there stood a castle
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
With a solid gold throne
D#m
Where I sat at the top of the world
B F#
The king of boxes and stone
E
Of boxes and stone
[Post-chorus Vamp]
F# F# D#m D#m
F# F# D#m D#m
[Bridge]
F#
In the dark by the torchlight
F#
Forge the tools that I need
Bmaj7
To assemble to the walls that fall
Bmaj7
Each night inside of my dreams
F#
And so I’ll keep on stacking
F#
Blocks on top of blocks still
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
Because if I don’t build myself a giant city, Who will?
[Chorus]
F# F#
And I will build a city
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
That towers over trees
F# F#
So big it blocks the sun, the moon, the stars
Bmaj7 Bmaj7
And all you could see
F# F# Bmaj7 Bmaj7
And there will stand a castle with a solid gold throne
D#m
Where I’ll sit at the top of the world
B F#
The king of boxes and stone
E
Of boxes and stone
[Post-chorus Vamp/Outro]
F# F# D#m D#m
E
Of boxes and stone
F# F# D#m D#m