Changing Of The Guards
The Gaslight AnthemVersion1
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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" is:
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Readable chord sheet for Changing Of The Guards by The Gaslight Anthem
[A]
Sixteen [F#m]years,
Sixteen[A] banners u[E]nited over the [F#m]fields
While the [D]good shepherd [E]grieves
Desperate [F#m]men, despe[A]rate women d[E]ivided,
Spreading their [F#m]wings 'neath the [D]fal[E]ling [A]leaves.
Fortune [F#m]calls.
I steppe[A]d forth from the [E]shadows, to the market[F#m]place,
Merchants and [D]thieves, hungry for [E]power, my last deal gone [F#m]down.
She's smelling[A] sweet like the [E]meadows where she was [F#m]born,
On midsummer's [D]eve, [E]near the t[A]ower.
(Interlude)
The cold-blooded [F#m]moon.
The captain [A]waits above the cele[E]bration
Sending his [F#m]thoughts to a [D]beloved [E]maid
Whose ebony [F#m]face is beyond[A] communi[E]cation.
The captain is [F#m]down but still believing that his [D]love will [E]be repai[A]d.
They shaved her [F#m]head.
She was torn between [A]Jupiter and Apol[E]lo.
A messenger [F#m]arrived with a [D]black nightin[E]gale.
I seen her on the [F#m]stairs and I[A] couldn't help but [E]follow,
Follow her [F#m]down past the fountain where they [D]lif[E]ted her [A]veil.
(Interlude)
I stumbled to my [F#m]feet.
I rode past [A]destruction in the [E]ditches
With the [F#m]stitches still mending 'neath a [D]heart-shaped tat[E]too.
Renegade [F#m]priests and [A]treacherous young wit[E]ches
Were [F#m]handing out the flowers that I'd[D] giv[E]en to [A]you.
The palace of [F#m]mirrors
Where dog [A]soldiers are re[E]flected,
The endless [F#m]road and the [D]wailing of [E]chimes,
The empty [F#m]rooms where her [A]memory is pro[E]tected,
Where the [F#m]angels' voices whisper to the [D]souls of [E]previous t[A]imes.
(Interlude)
She wakes him [F#m]up
Forty-eight hours [A]later, the sun is [E]breaking
Near broken [F#m]chains, mountain la[D]urel and rolling [E]rocks.
She's begging to [F#m]know what meas[A]ures he now will be [E]taking
He's pulling her [F#m]down and she's clutching on to hi[D]s long [E]golden [A]locks.
Gentlemen, he [F#m]said,
I don't [A]need your organi[E]zation, I've shined your [F#m]shoes,
I've moved your [D]mountains and marked your [E]cards
But Eden is bur[F#m]ning, either get brav[A]e for elimi[E]nation
Or else your h[F#m]earts must have the courage for the [D]changing [E]of the g[A]uards.
(Interlude)
Peace will [F#m]come
With tran[A]quility and [E]splendor on the wheels of [F#m]fire
But will [D]offer no re[E]ward when her false idols [F#m]fall
And [A]cruel death sur[E]renders with its [F#m]pale ghost retreating
Between the [D]King and the [E]Queen of Swo[A]rds.
[F#m] [A] [E]
[F#m]
The "Interlude" is:
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