Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Capo on the first fret:
G+G 
D MajorD 
E minorEm
Sixteen years,
Am7Am7 
G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
Sixteen banners united over the field
C majorC D MajorD
Where the good shepherd grieves.
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Fortune calls.
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
C majorC D MajorD G+G
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
The cold-blooded moon.
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
The captain waits above the celebration
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
They shaved her head.
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
A augmentedA messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
I stumbled to my feet.
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
I rode past destruction in the ditches
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
The palace of mirrors
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
She wakes him up
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Gentlemen, he said,
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
C majorC D MajorD
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
E minorEm Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD
But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Peace will come
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
Am7Am7 G/DG/D D MajorD E minorEm
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
Repeat all verse chords to fade.
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