changing of the guards Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Sixteen years,
[C]Sixteen [G]banners uni[D]ted
over [Em]the field
Where the [C]good shepherd [D]grieves.
[Em]Desperate men,
[C]desper[G]ate women di[D]vided,
Spreading their [Em]wings 'neath
[C]the [D]falling [G]leaves.
Fortun[D]e

[Verse 2]
[Em]calls.
I [C]stepped [G]forth from the shad[D]ows,
to the market[Em]place,
Merchants and [C]thieves, hungry for power[D],
[Em]my last deal gone down.
She's [C]smelling [G]sweet like the mead
[D]ows where she [Em]was born,
On midsummer's [C]eve, [D]near the tower[G].

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][C]
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The cold- [D]blooded

[Verse 3]
[Em]moon.
The [C]captain [G]waits above
the celebra[D]tion
Sending his [Em]thoughts to a
[C]beloved mai[D]d
Whose ebony [Em]face is [C]beyond
[G]communication.
[D]The captain is dow[Em]n but still believing
that his [C]love will [D]be repaid.

[Verse 4]
[G]They shaved her[D] hea[Em]d.
She was torn between [G]Jupiter
and [D]Apollo.
[Em]A messenger arrived with
a [C]black nightingale.
[D]I seen her on the[Em] stairs and I[C]
[G]couldn't help but follow[D],
Follow her [Em]down past the fountain where they [C]lif[D]ted

[Interlude 2]
her veil.
[G][D][C][G][D][C][G][D][C][D][G]
I stumbled [D]to my

[Verse 5]
[Em]feet.
I rode past de[G]struction in the [D]ditches
With [Em]the stitches still mending 'neath
a [C]heart- shaped [D]tattoo.
Renegade [Em]priests an[C]d
[G]treacherous young [D]witches
Were [Em]handing out the flowers that
[C]I'd [D]given to [G]you.

[Verse 6]
[Em]The palace of mirrors
Where [C]dog [G]soldiers are [D]reflected,
The endless [Em]road and the
[C]wailing of [D]chimes,
The empty [Em]rooms [C]where
[G]her memory is protec[D]ted,
Where [Em]the angels' voices whisper to [C]the souls of
[D]previous times.

[Interlude 3]
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[G]
She wakes [D]him up

[Verse 7]
[Em]
Forty- eight hours later[G],
the sun is break[D]ing
Near broken [Em]chains,
mountain [C]laurel and rolling rock[D]s.
She's begging [Em]to know what [C]meas
[G]ures he now will be taking[D].
He's pulling her [Em]down and she's clutching
on to [C]his long [D]golden lock[G]s.

[Verse 8]
Gentlemen, [Em]he said,
I don't [G]need your organiza[D]tion,
I've shined [Em]your shoes,
I've moved your moun[C]tains
and marked your [D]cards
But Eden is [Em]burning,
either brace [G]yourself for elimina[D]tion
Or else your [Em]hearts must have the courage for [C]the chan[D]ging
of the guard[G]s.

[Interlude 4]
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[Em]

[Verse 9]
Peace will [Em]come
With [C]tran[G]quility and [D]splendor
on the wheels of [Em]fire
But will bring [C]us no [D]reward
when her false idols [Em]fall
[C]And [G]cruel death surren[D]ders with
its [Em]pale ghost retreating
Between [C]the King and [D]the Queen of [G]Swords.

[Outro 1]
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