Changing Of The Guards chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
Sixteen (E minor) years
Sixteen (C major) (G major) banners united (D major)
over the (E minor) field
Where the good (C major) shepherd grieves (D major)
Desperate (E minor) men,
desper (C major) ate (G major) women di (D major) vided
Spreading their wings (E minor) 'neath
the (C major) fall (D major) ing leaves (G major)
Fortun (D major) e
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Verse 2
(E minor) calls
I stepped (C major) forth (G major) from the shad (D major) ows
to the marketplace (E minor)
Merchants and thieves, (C major) hungry for power (D major) ,
my (E minor) last deal gone down
She's smelling (C major) (G major) sweet like the
mead (D major) ows where she was born (E minor)
On midsummer's eve, (C major) near (D major) the tower (G major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
The cold-blooded (D major) moon
Verse 3
(E minor)
moon
The captain (C major) waits (G major) above
the celebra (D major) tion
Sending his thoughts (E minor) to a
(C major) beloved maid (D major)
Whose ebony face (E minor) is (C major) beyond (G major)
communication (D major)
The captain is down (E minor) but still believing
that his love (C major) will be (D major) repaid
Verse 4
(G major) They shaved (D major) her (E minor) head
She was torn between (G major) Jupiter
and Apol (D major) lo
A messenger (E minor) arrived with
a black (C major) nightingale
(D major) I seen her on the stairs (E minor) and I (C major)
(G major) couldn't help but fol (D major) low
Follow her down (E minor) past the fountain where they lif (C major) ted (D major)
Interlude 2
her veil
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
I stumbled (D major) to my
Verse 5
(E minor) feet
I rode past de (G major) struction in the ditches (D major)
With the stitches (E minor) still mending
'neath a heart-shaped (C major) tattoo
tattoo (D major)
Renegade (E minor) priests an (C major) d
(G major) treacherous young witches (D major)
Were (E minor) handing out the flowers that
I'd (C major) given (D major) to you (G major)
Verse 6
The palace (E minor) of mirrors
Where dog (C major) (G major) soldiers are reflected (D major)
The endless road (E minor) and the
wailing (C major) of chimes (D major)
The empty rooms (E minor) where (C major)
(G major) her memory is protec (D major) ted
Where the (E minor) angels' voices whisper to the souls (C major) of
previous (D major) times
Interlude 3
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
She wakes him (D major) up
Verse 7
(E minor)
Forty-eight hours hours later (G major) ,
the sun is break (D major) ing
Near broken chains, (E minor)
mountain laurel (C major) and rolling rock (D major) s
She's begging to know (E minor) what (C major) meas
(G major) ures he now will be tak (D major) ing
He's pulling her (E minor) down and she's clutching
on to his (C major) long (D major) golden lock (G major) s
Verse 8
Gentlemen, he said (E minor)
I don't need (G major) your organiza (D major) tion,
I've shined (E minor) your shoes
I've moved your moun (C major) tains
and marked your card (D major) s
But Eden is burning, (E minor)
either getting ready (G major) for elimination (D major)
Or else your hearts (E minor) must have the courage for the (C major) chan (D major) ging
of the guard (G major) s
Interlude 4
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(E minor)
Verse 9
Peace will (E minor) come
With tran (C major) (G major) quility and splendor (D major)
on the wheels of fire (E minor)
But will bring us (C major) no reward (D major)
when her false idols (E minor) fall
And (C major) (G major) cruel death surrenders (D major) with
its (E minor) pale ghost retreating
Between the King (C major) and the Queen (D major) of Sword (G major) s
Outro 1
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Changing Of The Guards
Bob Dylan
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