Changing Of The Guards chords by Bob Dylan (Ver. 2)

Capo on the first fret:

G  D   Em
Sixteen years,
Am7   G/D      D          Em
Sixteen banners united over the field
        C           D
Where the good shepherd grieves.
         Em  Am7    G/D      D
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
            Em          C  D   G
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

G  D   Em
Fortune calls.
Am7     G/D         D           Em
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
            C              D                  Em
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
Am7        G/D        D                  Em
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
              C   D      G
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.






G      D      Em
The cold-blooded moon.
    Am7   G/D           D
The captain waits above the celebration
         Em         C      D
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
          Em  Am7 G/D         D
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
           Em                      C      D  G
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.






    G     D   Em
They shaved her head.
       Am7       G/D       D
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
           Em         C        D
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
              Em   Am7 G/D         D
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
        Em                         C D     G
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.









G       D     Em
I stumbled to my feet.
  Am7      G/D          D
I rode past destruction in the ditches
        Em                    C            D
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
        Em    Am7 G/D            D
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
     Em                    C  D    G
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.







    G     D Em
The palace of mirrors
Am7     G/D       D
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
         Em       C        D
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
        Em    Am7    G/D         D
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
        Em                    C     D      G
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.




   G    D   Em
She wakes him up
     Am7      G/D         D
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
           Em          C             D
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
             Em   Am7 G/D               D
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking.
             Em                       C     D    G
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.






G    D      Em
Gentlemen, he said,
Am7   G/D        D                 Em
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
            C                     D
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
         Em          Am7      G/D    D
But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
          Em                         C       D     G
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.






G    D  Em
Peace will come
Am7     G/D     D                  Em
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
         C      D                    Em
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
Am7 G/D       D             Em
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
          C        D        G
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.



Repeat all verse chords to fade.



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