Changing Of The Guards

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Artist: Bob Dylan

Song: Changing of the Guards

Capo 1

Intro

Verse 1

Six

teen

years,

Sixteen

banners

united over the

field

Where a

good Shepard

grieves.

Desperate

men, desperate

women

divided

Spreading their

wings 'neath the

fal

ling

leaves

Verse 2

For

tune c

alls

I stepped

forth from the

shadows, to the

marketplace,

Merchants and

thieves, hungry for

power, my last deal gone

down.

She's smelling

sweet like the

meadows where she was

born

On midsummer's

eve,

near the

tower

Interlude

Verse 3

The

cold-

blooded

moon

The captain

waits above the

celebration

Sending his

thoughts to a

beloved

maid

Whose ebony

face is

beyond

communication

he captain is

down but still believing that his

love will

be

repaid

Verse 4

They

shaved

her

head

She was torn between

Jupiter and

Apollo

A messenger

arrived with a

black

nightingale

I seen her on the

stairs and I

couldn't help but

follow

Follow her

down past the fountain where they

lifted

her

veil

Interlude

Verse 5

I

stumbled

to my

feet

I rode past the

destruction in the

ditches

With the

stitches still mending 'neath the

heart shaped

tattoo.

Renegade

priests and

treacherous young

witches

Were

handing out the flowers that

I'd

given to

you

Verse 6

The

palace of

mirrors

Where dog

solders are

reflected,

The endless

road and the

wailing of

chimes

The empty

rooms where her

memory is

protected

Where the

angels' voices whisper to the

souls of

previous

times

Interlude

Verse 7

She

wakes

him

up

Forty-eight hours

later, the sun is

breaking

Near broken

chains, mountain

laurel and

rolling rock.

She's begging to

know what

measures he now will be

taking.

He's pulling her

down and she's clutching on to his

long

golden

locks

Verse 8

Gentle

men, he s

aid,

I don't

need your organi

zation, I've shined your

shoes,

I've moved your

mountains, and marked your

cards

But Eden is

burning, either get

ready for elimi

nation

Or else your

hearts must have the courage for the

changing

of the

guards

Verse 9

Peace

will c

ome

With

tranquility and

splendor on the wheels of

fire

But will

offer no

reward when her false idols

fall

And cruel

death surr

enders with it's

pale ghosts retreating

Between the

King and

Queen of

Swords

Outro

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