Changing of the Guards Chords by Patti Smith

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_ _ _ _ _ _ 16 _ years, _ _ _ _ [G]
16 banners, _ [D] _ united over [Em] the field, _ _ _ _ where the [C] _ good shepherd [D] grieves. _
[Em] Desperate men, _ _ _ _ [G] desperate women, _ _ [D] divided spreading [Em] their wings, _ _ _ beneath [C] the _ falling [D] leaves. _ _
[Em] Fartching calls, _ _ _ [G] I step far, [D] from the shadows to the [Em] marketplace.
_ _ _ _ _ Merchants [C] and thieves, [D] hungry for power, molest you [Em] gone down.
_ _ She [G] smelled sweet, _ like [D] the meadows where she was [Em] born.
_ _ _ _ Amidst a [C] dizzy [D] evening, [G] hear the tower, the [Em] cold blooded moon.
_ _ _ The [G] captain waits, above the [D] celebration, sending [Em] his thoughts, _ _ _ _ to [C] every _ beloved [D] maid,
whose ebony [Em] face, _ _ _ _ [G] is beyond _ _ [D] communication.
The captain [Em] is down, but still believing, that [C] his love [D] will be [G] repaid.
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_ _ _ _ _ They shaved her head, _ _ _ she was [G] tied between Jupiter [D] and Apollo.
A messenger [Em] _ arrived, _ _ _ with a [C] black _ _ [D] nightingale.
I seen her [Em] on the stairs, _ _ _ and I [G] could not, [D] help but follow, follow [Em] her down,
past the fountain, where [Am] they [D] lifted her [G] veil.
I stumbled [Em] to my feet, _ _ _ I rode [G] past destruction,
In [D] the ditches, [Em] with the stitches, still mending,
Meet [C] the heart-shaped [D] tattoo, _ _ [Em] renegade priest. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And treacherous, [D] young witches, [Em] were hinging at the flowers,
that [C] I'd given [D] to you, the palace [Em] of mirrors.
_ _ _ _ Where [G] God's soldiers, _ [D] are reflected, the [Em] endless road,
_ _ _ and [C] the wailing [D] of chimes, the empty [Em] _ rooms.
_ _ _ Where [G] memory, _ [D] is protected, _ [Em] where the angels' voices whisper,
to the [C] souls [D] of previous [G] times.
She wakes [Em] him up, _ _ _ forty hours [G] later, the [D] sun is breaking, and broken [Em] _ _ chains.
_ _ Mountain [C] low, and rolling [D] rocks, she's begging [Em] to know, _ _ _ _ _
[G] what measures, now he [D] will be taken.
He's pulling [Em] her down, and she's clutching, onto [C] his long, [D] golden [G] _ locks.
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Gentleman, he said, _ _ _ _ I [G] don't need your _ [D] organization, I've shined [Em] your shoes.
_ _ _ I've moved [C] your mountains, and marked [D] your cards, but even [Em] this burden,
_ _ _ _ Either [G] brace yourself, for [D] elimination, or else [Em] your hearts, must have the courage,
for [C] the changing [D] of [G] the gods.
Peace [Em] will come, _ _ _ with [G] tranquility, _ [D] and splendor on the wheels [Em] of fire.
_ _ _ But will bring [C] us, no, _ _ [D] rewards, when the false [Em] idols fall.
_ _ _ And [G] cruel death, _ _ [D] _ surrenders, [Em] with its pale ghost retreating,
between [C] the king, [D] and the queen [G] of swords. _
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