Changing Of The Guards
Bob DylanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Sixteen years,
Sixteen banners united over the fields
While the good shepherd grieves
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
Fortune calls.
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
(Interlude)
The cold-blooded moon.
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
They shaved her head.
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
(Interlude)
I stumbled to my feet.
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
(Interlude)
She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
Gentlemen, he said,
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
(Interlude)
Peace will come
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:
E -6-8-9-8-8~----6-6~----4-4~--(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--||
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G ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
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Also:
(DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE LYRICS)
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Readable chord sheet for Changing Of The Guards by Bob Dylan
[Ab] S[Fm]ixteen years, S[Ab]ixteen bann[Eb]ers united over [Fm]the fields W[Db]hile the good s[Eb]hepherd grieves D[Fm]esperate me[Ab]n, desperate [Eb]women divided, S[Fm]preading their win[Db]gs '[Eb]neath [Ab]the falling leaves. F[Fm]ortune calls. I[Ab] stepped forth fro[Eb]m the shadows, to the m[Fm]arketplace, M[Db]erchants and thieves,[Eb] hungry for power, my last[Fm] deal gone down. S[Ab]he's smelling swe[Eb]et like the meadows whe[Fm]re she was born, O[Db]n mids[Eb]ummer's eve[Ab], near the tower. (Interlude) T[Fm]he cold-blooded moon. T[Ab]he captain waits abov[Eb]e the celebration S[Fm]ending his thou[Db]ghts to a[Eb] beloved maid W[Fm]hose ebony face[Ab] is beyon[Eb]d communication. T[Fm]he captain is down but still believ[Db]ing that hi[Eb]s love wi[Ab]ll be repaid. T[Fm]hey shaved her head. S[Ab]he was torn betwe[Eb]en Jupiter and Apollo. A[Fm] messenger arriv[Db]ed with a blac[Eb]k nightingale. I[Fm] seen her on [Ab]the stairs and I cou[Eb]ldn't help but follow, F[Fm]ollow her down past the fountain wh[Db]ere [Eb]they lift[Ab]ed her veil. (Interlude) I[Fm] stumbled to my feet. I[Ab] rode past destructi[Eb]on in the ditches W[Fm]ith the stitches still mending 'n[Db]eath a heart-shap[Eb]ed tattoo. R[Fm]enegade pries[Ab]ts and treacherous you[Eb]ng witches W[Fm]ere handing out the flowers that [Db]I'd g[Eb]iven to[Ab] you. T[Fm]he palace of mirrors W[Ab]here dog soldier[Eb]s are reflected, T[Fm]he endless roa[Db]d and the wa[Eb]iling of chimes, T[Fm]he empty rooms wh[Ab]ere her memory[Eb] is protected, W[Fm]here the angels' voices whisper[Db] to the so[Eb]uls of previ[Ab]ous times. (Interlude) S[Fm]he wakes him up F[Ab]orty-eight hours la[Eb]ter, the sun is breaking N[Fm]ear broken chains, m[Db]ountain laurel and[Eb] rolling rocks. S[Fm]he's begging to[Ab] know what measures h[Eb]e now will be taking H[Fm]e's pulling her down and she's clu[Db]tching o[Eb]n to his [Ab]long golden locks. G[Fm]entlemen, he said, I[Ab] don't need your [Eb]organization, I've shined [Fm]your shoes, I[Db]'ve moved your mountains an[Eb]d marked your cards B[Fm]ut Eden is burning, ei[Ab]ther get bra[Eb]ve for elimination O[Fm]r else your hearts must have the cour[Db]age for th[Eb]e changin[Ab]g of the guards. (Interlude) P[Fm]eace will come W[Ab]ith tranquili[Eb]ty and splendor on the whee[Fm]ls of fire B[Db]ut will offe[Eb]r no reward when her false [Fm]idols fall A[Ab]nd cruel death s[Eb]urrenders with its[Fm] pale ghost retreating B[Db]etween the Kin[Eb]g and the Que[Ab]en of Swords. [Fm] [Ab] [Eb] [Fm] 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 ------------------------------------------------||-------------|| Also: (DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE LYRICS)