The Gaslight Anthem – Changing Of The Guards chords

The Gaslight Anthem's cover of Bob Dylan's Changing of the Guards. Really good version IMO.

Capo 2

Intro:  A

        F#mSixteen years,
       A         E              F#mSixteen banners united over the fields
          D             EWhile the good shepherd grieves
          F#m       A           E Desperate men, desperate women divided,
                F#m              D  E    ASpreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

        F#mFortune calls.
        A                E                     F#mI stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
              D                   E                        F#mMerchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
              A               E                     F#mShe's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
               D    E         AOn midsummer's eve, near the tower.


(Interlude)

                 F#mThe cold-blooded moon.
            A                   E The captain waits above the celebration
            F#m           D       ESending his thoughts to a beloved maid
            F#m           A       EWhose ebony face is beyond communication.
               F#m                               D         E       AThe captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.

                F#mThey shaved her head.
                     A               EShe was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
            F#m            D            EA messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
                  F#m         A                  EI seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
           F#m                               D  E       AFollow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.


(Interlude)

                 F#mI stumbled to my feet.
            A                  EI rode past destruction in the ditches
         F#m                             D               EWith the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
         F#m         A                    ERenegade priests and treacherous young witches
     F#m                             D   E     AWere handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.

              F#mThe palace of mirrors
          A              EWhere dog soldiers are reflected,
            F#m          D          EThe endless road and the wailing of chimes,
          F#m             A            EThe empty rooms where her memory is protected,
          F#m                           D        E         AWhere the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.


(Interlude)

              F#mShe wakes him up
                  A                 EForty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
            F#m                D                ENear broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
                 F#m           A                   EShe's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
                 F#m                              D      E      AHe's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.

              F#mGentlemen, he said,
        A               E                        F#mI don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
                D                         EI've moved your mountains and marked your cards
               F#m                  A          EBut Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
              F#m                                 D        E       AOr else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.


(Interlude)

           F#mPeace will come
         A           E                         F#mWith tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
         D          E                         F#mBut will offer no reward when her false idols fall
    A              E                F#mAnd cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
            D            E           ABetween the King and the Queen of Swords.


F#m    A   E
F#m...


The "Interlude" is:

           Ab    Eb      C#                       Ab           

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