changing of the guards

changing of the guards easy guitar chords by The Gaslight Anthem

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Intro 1
    G

    Verse 1
    Em

    Sixteen years,
    C
    G
    D

    Sixteen banners united
    Em

    over the field
    C
    D

    Where the good shepherd grieves.
    Em

    Desperate men,
    C
    G
    D

    desperate women divided,
    Em

    Spreading their wings 'neath
    C
    D
    G

    the falling leaves.
    D
    Fortune
    Verse 2
    Em

    calls.
    C
    G
    D

    I stepped forth from the shadows,
    Em

    to the marketplace,
    C
    D

    Merchants and thieves, hungry for power,
    Em

    my last deal gone down.
    C
    G

    She's smelling sweet like the mead
    D
    Em

    ows where she was born,
    C
    D
    G

    On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
    Interlude 1
    G
    D
    C

    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    D
    G
    C
    G

    D
    The cold- blooded
    Verse 3
    Em

    moon.
    C
    G

    The captain waits above
    D

    the celebration
    Em

    Sending his thoughts to a
    C
    D

    beloved maid
    Em
    C

    Whose ebony face is beyond
    G

    communication.
    D
    Em

    The captain is down but still believing
    C
    D

    that his love will be repaid.
    Verse 4
    G
    D
    Em

    They shaved her head.
    G

    She was torn between Jupiter
    D

    and Apollo.
    Em

    A messenger arrived with
    C

    a black nightingale.
    D
    Em
    C

    I seen her on the stairs and I
    G
    D

    couldn't help but follow,
    Em
    C
    D

    Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted
    Interlude 2

    her veil.
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    D
    G


    D
    I stumbled to my
    Verse 5
    Em

    feet.
    G
    D

    I rode past destruction in the ditches
    Em

    With the stitches still mending 'neath
    C
    D

    a heart- shaped tattoo.
    Em
    C

    Renegade priests and
    G
    D

    treacherous young witches
    Em

    Were handing out the flowers that
    C
    D
    G

    I'd given to you.
    Verse 6
    Em

    The palace of mirrors
    C
    G
    D

    Where dog soldiers are reflected,
    Em

    The endless road and the
    C
    D

    wailing of chimes,
    Em
    C

    The empty rooms where
    G
    D

    her memory is protected,
    Em
    C

    Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of
    D

    previous times.
    Interlude 3
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    D
    G
    D

    G

    D
    She wakes him up
    Verse 7
    Em

    G

    Forty- eight hours later,
    D

    the sun is breaking
    Em

    Near broken chains,
    C
    D

    mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
    Em
    C

    She's begging to know what meas
    G
    D

    ures he now will be taking.
    Em

    He's pulling her down and she's clutching
    C
    D
    G

    on to his long golden locks.
    Verse 8
    Em

    Gentlemen, he said,
    G
    D

    I don't need your organization,
    Em

    I've shined your shoes,
    C

    I've moved your mountains
    D

    and marked your cards
    Em

    But Eden is burning,
    G
    D

    either brace yourself for elimination
    Em
    C
    D

    Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing
    G

    of the guards.
    Interlude 4
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    D
    G

    Em

    Verse 9
    Em

    Peace will come
    C
    G
    D

    With tranquility and splendor
    Em

    on the wheels of fire
    C
    D

    But will bring us no reward
    Em

    when her false idols fall
    C
    G
    D

    And cruel death surrenders with
    Em

    its pale ghost retreating
    C
    D
    G

    Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
    Outro 1
    Em
    C
    G
    D
    Em
    C
    D

    Em
    C
    G
    D
    Em
    C
    D

    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    G
    D
    C
    D
    G


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