Dylan

Dylan - Changing Of The Guards guitar tab

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 15:33:49 EST

From: Winston Campbell

Subject: CHANGING OF THE GUARDS by Bob Dylan

Intro: Ab

Fm

Sixteen years,

Ab Eb Fm

Sixteen banners united over the fields

Db Eb

While the good shepherd grieves

Fm Ab Eb

Desperate men, desperate women divided,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

Fm

Fortune calls.

Ab Eb Fm

I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,

Db Eb Fm

Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.

Ab Eb Fm

She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,

Db Eb Ab

On midsummer's eve, near the tower.

(Interlude)

Fm

The cold-blooded moon.

Ab Eb

The captain waits above the celebration

Fm Db Eb

Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid

Fm Ab Eb

Whose ebony face is beyond communication.

Fm Db Eb Ab

The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.

Fm

They shaved her head.

Ab Eb

She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.

Fm Db Eb

A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.

Fm Ab Eb

I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.

(Interlude)

Fm

I stumbled to my feet.

Ab Eb

I rode past destruction in the ditches

Fm Db Eb

With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.

Fm Ab Eb

Renegade priests and treacherous young witches

Fm Db Eb Ab

Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.

Fm

The palace of mirrors

Ab Eb

Where dog soldiers are reflected,

Fm Db Eb

The endless road and the wailing of chimes,

Fm Ab Eb

The empty rooms where her memory is protected,

Fm Db Eb Ab

Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.

(Interlude)

Fm

She wakes him up

Ab Eb

Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking

Fm Db Eb

Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.

Fm Ab Eb

She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking

Fm Db Eb Ab

He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.

Fm

Gentlemen, he said,

Ab Eb Fm

I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,

Db Eb

I've moved your mountains and marked your cards

Fm Ab Eb

But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination

Fm Db Eb Ab

Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.

(Interlude)

Fm

Peace will come

Ab Eb Fm

With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire

Db Eb Fm

But will offer no reward when her false idols fall

Ab Eb Fm

And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating

Db Eb Ab

Between the King and the Queen of 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~--(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.

Also:

(DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE LYRICS)

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