Bob Dylan – Changing Of The Guards chords

I wanted to submit the best way to play this song.


Capo on the first fret:

G   D     EmSixteen years,
Am7     G/D           D                    EmSixteen banners united over the field
               C                      DWhere the good shepherd grieves.
                 Em   Am7        G/D           DDesperate men, desperate women divided,
                        Em                    C   D      GSpreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.





G   D      EmFortune calls.
Am7         G/D                 D                     EmI stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
                       C                           D                                    EmMerchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
Am7               G/D               D                                    EmShe's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
                           C     D           GOn midsummer's eve, near the tower.






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






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









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







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




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






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






G       D    EmPeace will come
Am7          G/D          D                                   EmWith tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
                 C            D                                        EmBut will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
Am7 G/D             D                          EmAnd cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
                   C                D               GBetween the King and the Queen of Swords.



Repeat all verse chords to fade.



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