Changing Of The Guards chords by Patti Smith
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Verse 1
(E minor) Sixteen years
Sixteen (G major) banners united (D major)
over the field (E minor)
Where the good (C major) shepherd grieves (D major)
Desperate men, (E minor)
desperate (G major) women di (D major) vided
Spreading their wings (E minor) 'neath
(C major) falling leaves. (D major)
Verse 2
Fortune calls (E minor)
I stepped forth (G major) from the shadows (D major)
to the market (E minor) place
Merchants and thieves, (C major) hungry for power (D major) ,
my last deal gone (E minor) down
She's smelling sweet (G major) like
the meadows (D major) where she was born (E minor)
On midsummer's eve (C major) (D major) near the (G major) tower.
The cold- (E minor) blooded moon
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Verse 3
The captain 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 bey
(G major) ond communic (D major) ation
The captain is down (E minor) but still believing that his
love (C major) will be (D major) repaid.
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
They shaved her head (E minor)
She was torn (G major) between Jupiter
and Apol (D major) lo
A messenger arrived (E minor) with a
black (C major) nightingale (D major)
I seen her on the stairs (E minor) and I
could (G major) n't help but (D major) follow
Follow her down (E minor) past the fountain where
they (C major) lifted (D major) her veil. (G major)
Verse 5
I stumbled to my feet (E minor)
I rode past destruction (G major) in the ditches (D major)
With the stitches (E minor) still mending beneath
a heart- (C major) shaped tattoo (D major)
Renegade priests (E minor) and
treacherous (G major) young (D major) witches
Were (E minor) handing out the flowers
that I'd given (C major) to you. (D major)
Verse 6
The palace of mirrors (E minor)
Where dog soldiers (G major) are reflected (D major)
The endless road (E minor) and the
(C major) wailing of chimes (D major)
The empty rooms (E minor) where her
memory (G major) is pro (D major) tected
Where the (E minor) angel's voices whisper
to the souls (C major) of previous (D major) times. (G major)
Verse 7
She wakes him (E minor) up
Forty- eight hours later (G major) the sun
is (D major) breaking
Near broken chains, (E minor)
mountain laurel (C major) and rolling rock (D major) s
She's begging to know (E minor) what
(G major) measures he now will be taking (D major)
He's pulling her down (E minor) and she's clutching
on to his long (C major) (D major) golden locks. (G major) (D major) (E minor)
Gentlemen, he said I don't need (G major) your organiza (D major) tion,
I've shined your shoes (E minor)
I've moved your moun (C major) tains
and marked your card (D major) s
But Eden is burn (E minor) ing either brace
(G major) yourself for elimina (D major) tion
Or else your hearts (E minor) must have the courage
for the chan (C major) ging of (D major) the guard (G major) s.
Peace (D major) will come
Verse 8
(E minor)
With tranquillity (G major) 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 cruel (G major) death sur (D major) renders 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
Patti Smith
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