Chords for Patti Smith - Changing of the Guards (lyrics on screen)

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_ _ _ _ _ Sixteen _ _ _ _ _ years, _ _ _ _ [G] sixteen banners _ [D]
united over [Em] the field, _ _ _ _ where [C] the good shepherd [D]
breeds.
_ [Em] Desperate men, _ _ _ _ desperate [G] women, _ _ [D]
divided spreading [Em] their wings, _ _
_ _ [C] Kneed the _ falling [D]
leaves, _ [Em] watching cows. _ _
_ I stepped far _ [D] from the shadows to the [Em] marketplace, _ _ _ _
_ Merchants [C] and thieves, hungry [D] for power, molested, [Em] gone down. _ _
She smelled [G] sweet, _ _ [D] like the meadows where she [Em] was born. _ _ _
I made some [C] tea [D] near [G] the tower, the cold [Em] blooded moon. _ _ _
The captain waits above the [D]
celebration, sending [Em] his thoughts _ _ _ _ to [C] every _ beloved [D]
maid,
Whose heavenly [Em] face _ _ _ _ is [G] 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 [G] was tied between Jupiter [D] and Apollo.
A messenger [Em] _ arrived _ _ _ with [C] a black lightning [D]
gale.
I seen her [Em] on the stairs, _ _ _ and [G] I could not [D] help but follow, follow [Em] her down,
_ Past the fountain where [C] they [D] lifted [G] her veil.
I stumbled [Em] to my feet, _ _ _ I rode [G] past destruction.
_ [D] In the ditches, [E] with the [Em] stitches, still bending,
Kneed [C] the heart-shaped [D]
tattoo, _ [Em] relegate priests, _ _ _
_ _ [G] Match your tris, [D] young witches,
[Em] For heeding and the flowers that [C] I give into [D]
you.
The palace [Em] of mirrors, _ _ _ where [G] dark 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 [C] the souls of [D] [G] previous lives.
She wakes [Em] him up, _ _ _ forty hours [G] later, the [D] sun is breaking and broken [Em] _ _ chains, _
_ Mountain [C] and rolling, rolling [D]
rocks, she's begging [Em] to know, [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [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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_ _ Gentlemen 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 [E] of fire,
[Em] _ _ _
But will bring [C] us no _ _ [D]
reward, when our false [Em] idols fall, _ _
_ And [G] cruel death _ [D] _
_ surrenders, [Em] with its pale ghost _ retreating,
Between [C] the king and [D] the [G] queen's swords. _ _ _ _ _ _
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