Dylan, Bob - Changing Of The Guard

Intro:  G  D   C    G  D  C   G  D  C   D   G

G   D   Em
Sixteen years,
 Am-C    G        D             Em
Sixteen banners united over the fields
          C             D
While the good shepherd grieves
          Em    Am-C     G        D
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
                Em               C   D   G
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

G   D    Em
Fortune calls.
Am-C       G              D                     Em
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
              C                   D                        Em
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
    Am-C        G              D                    Em
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
               C    D        G
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.


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    G    D       Em
The cold-blooded moon.
     Am-C    G                   D
The captain waits above the celebration
            Em            C       D
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
            Em   Am-C   G          D
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
               Em                                 C        D      G
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.

     G      D   Em
They shaved her head.
         Am- C       G            D
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
            Em             C             D
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
                  Em      Am-C  G                 D
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
           Em                                C   D       G
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.


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  G        D     Em
I stumbled to my feet.
         Am-C   G               D
I rode past destruction in the ditches
         Em                              C                D
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
         Em      Am-C  G                D
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
     Em                               C  D     G
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.

     G     D   Em
The palace of mirrors
  Am- C     G              D
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
            Em            C          D
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
          Em       Am-C    G            D
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
          Em                            C        D         G
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.


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     G    D   Em
She wakes him up
        Am -C      G                  D
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
              Em              C                  D  
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
                 Em  Am-C                G            D
She's begging to know   what measures he now will be taking
                 Em                                 C     D      G
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.

 G     D       Em
Gentlemen, he said,
Am-C     G               D                       Em
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
                C                         D
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
               Em        Am-C    G              D
But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
              Em                                   C       D       G
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.


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 G     D    Em
Peace will come
  Am-C     G            D                       Em
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
         C           D                        Em
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
 Am-C    G           D               Em
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
            C            D        G
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.


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