Changing Of The Guards

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  • Intro: Ab
     
    Fm
  • Sixteen years,
    Ab Eb Fm
    Sixteen banners united over the fields
  • Db Eb
    While the good shepherd grieves
    Fm Ab Eb
  • Desperate men, desperate women divided,
    Fm Db Eb Ab
    Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
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    Fm
    Fortune calls.
  • Ab Eb Fm
    I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
    Db Eb Fm
  • Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
    Ab Eb Fm
    She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
  • Db Eb Ab
    On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
     
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    (Interlude)
     
  • Fm
    The cold-blooded moon.
    Ab Eb
  • The captain waits above the celebration
    Fm Db Eb
    Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
  • Fm Ab Eb
    Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
    Fm Db Eb Ab
  • The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
     
    Fm
  • They shaved her head.
    Ab Eb
    She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
  • Fm Db Eb
    A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
    Fm Ab Eb
  • I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
    Fm Db Eb Ab
    Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
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    (Interlude)
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    Fm
    I stumbled to my feet.
  • Ab Eb
    I rode past destruction in the ditches
    Fm Db Eb
  • With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
    Fm Ab Eb
    Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
  • Fm Db Eb Ab
    Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
     
  • Fm
    The palace of mirrors
    Ab Eb
  • Where dog soldiers are reflected,
    Fm Db Eb
    The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
  • Fm Ab Eb
    The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
    Fm Db Eb Ab
  • Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
     
     
  • (Interlude)
     
    Fm
  • She wakes him up
    Ab Eb
    Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
  • Fm Db Eb
    Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
    Fm Ab Eb
  • She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
    Fm Db Eb Ab
    He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
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    Fm
    Gentlemen, he said,
  • Ab Eb Fm
    I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
    Db Eb
  • I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
    Fm Ab Eb
    But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
  • Fm Db Eb Ab
    Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
     
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    (Interlude)
     
  • Fm
    Peace will come
    Ab Eb Fm
  • With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
    Db Eb Fm
    But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
  • Ab Eb Fm
    And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
    Db Eb Ab
  • Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
     
     
  • Fm Ab Eb
    Fm...
     
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    The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:
     
  • Ab Eb Db Ab
     
    E -6-8-9-8-8~----6-6~----4-4~--(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--||
  • B ------------------------------------------------||-------6-----||
    G ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
    D ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
  • A ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
    E ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
     
  • One word of note: It is much easier to play this song with a capo on the
    first fret (i.e. play Em G D Em C D... while the 1st fret is fretted). This
    makes it more easier and does not make the guitar sound too choppy.
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    Also:
    (DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE LYRICS)
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