Changing Of The Guards

Intro:  Ab

        Fm
Sixteen years,
       Ab        Eb             
Sixteen banners united over the 
Fm
fields
          Db            Eb
While the good shepherd grieves
          Fm        Ab       
Desperate men, desperate women 
   Eb
divided,
                Fm               
Spreading their wings 'neath the 
Db Eb   Ab
falling leaves.

        Fm
Fortune calls.
        Ab               Eb       
I stepped forth from the shadows, 
             Fm
to the marketplace,
              Db                  
Merchants and thieves, hungry for 
Eb                       Fm
power, my last deal gone down.
              Ab             
She's smelling sweet like the 
 Eb                    Fm
meadows where she was born,
               Db   Eb        Ab
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.

(Interlude)

                 Fm
The cold-blooded moon.
            Ab             
The captain waits above the 
     Eb
celebration
            Fm            Db      
Sending his thoughts to a beloved 
Eb
maid
            Fm            
Whose ebony face is beyond 
Ab      Eb
communication.
               Fm            
The captain is down but still 
                    Db        
believing that his love will be 
Eb      Ab
repaid.

                Fm
They shaved her head.
                     Ab         
She was torn between Jupiter and 
     Eb
Apollo.
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            Fm             Db  
A messenger arrived with a black 
         Eb
nightingale.
                  Fm          
I seen her on the stairs and I 
Ab                 Eb
couldn't help but follow,
           Fm                    
Follow her down past the fountain 
            Db Eb      Ab
where they lifted her veil.

(Interlude)

                 Fm
I stumbled to my feet.
            Ab                
I rode past destruction in the 
 Eb
ditches
         Fm                    
With the stitches still mending 
          Db              Eb
'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
         Fm          Ab        
Renegade priests and treacherous 
           Eb
young witches
     Fm                          
Were handing out the flowers that 
    Db  Eb    Ab
I'd given to you.

              Fm
The palace of mirrors
          Ab             Eb
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
            Fm           Db       
The endless road and the wailing 
  Eb
of chimes,
          Fm              Ab      
The empty rooms where her memory 
     Eb
is protected,
          Fm                       
Where the angels' voices whisper to
     Db       Eb         Ab
 the souls of previous times.

(Interlude)

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

              Fm
Gentlemen, he said,
        Ab              Eb        
I don't need your organization, 
               Fm
I've shined your shoes,
                Db                 
I've moved your mountains and 
       Eb
marked your cards
               Fm              
But Eden is burning, either get 
     Ab         Eb
brave for elimination
              Fm                 
Or else your hearts must have the 
                 Db       Eb  
courage for the changing of the 
    Ab
guards.

(Interlude)

           Fm
Peace will come
         Ab          Eb           
With tranquility and splendor on 
             Fm
the wheels of fire
         Db         Eb            
But will offer no reward when her 
            Fm
false idols fall
    Ab             Eb             
And cruel death surrenders with 
  Fm
its pale ghost retreating
            Db           Eb       
Between the King and the Queen of 
   Ab
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~--
B|-----------------------------
G|-----------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------

E|(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--|| 
B|-------------------||-------6-----|| 
G|-------------------||-------------|| 
D|-------------------||-------------|| 
A|-------------------||-------------|| 
E|-------------------||-------------|| 

One word of note:  It is much easier
 to play this song with a capo on 
the
first fret (i.e. play Em G D Em C 
D... while the 1st fret is fretted).
  This
makes it more easier and does not 
make the guitar sound too choppy.