Changing of the Guards Chords by Bob Dylan

[Start]

[Verse]
Ab Fm              
■  ■  Sixteen years
Bbm     Ab         Eb     Fm                
Sixteen ■  banners united ■  over the fields
          Db            Eb     
Where the good shepherd grieves
          Fm 
Desperate men
          Bbm Ab    Eb     
Desperate ■   women divided


[Chorus]
                Fm   
Spreading their wings
           Db      Eb Ab    
'neath the falling ■  leaves
        Fm   
Fortune calls
          Ab             Eb             Fm         
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
              Db                 Eb   
Merchants and thieves hungry for power
             Fm       
My last deal gone down
Bbm            Ab             Eb     
She's smelling sweet like the meadows
          Fm      
Where she was born
               Db  Eb       Ab   
On midsummer's eve near the tower


[Inst]
Eb Db Ab Eb Db Ab Eb Db
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Ab Db Ab
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[Verse]
Fm                  
The coldblooded moon
            Ab              Eb         
The captain waits above the celebration
            Fm      
Sending his thoughts
   Db        Eb  
To a beloved maid
            Fm  
Whose ebony face
   Ab     Eb           
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


[Chorus]
                     Ab          Eb    
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
            Fm     
A messenger arrived
       Db    Eb         
With a black nightingale
                  Fm    
I seen her on the stairs
      Ab                Eb                Fm  
And I couldn't help but follow follow her down
                             Db     Eb  Ab  
Past the fountain where they lifted her veil


[Inst]
Eb Db Ab Eb Db Ab
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Eb Db Ab
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[Verse]
                 Fm  
I stumbled to my feet
            Ab                 Eb     
I rode past destruction in the ditches
         Fm                    
With the stitches still mending
         Db          Eb    
'neath a heartshaped tattoo
Fm              
Renegade priests
Ab                    Eb     
And treacherous young witches


[Chorus]
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          
The endless road
        Db         Eb    
And the wailing of chimes
          Fm   
The empty rooms
          Ab        Eb       
Where her memory is protected
          Fm                    
Where the angel's voices whisper
       Db       Eb       Ab   
To the souls of previous times


[Inst]
Eb Db Ab Eb Db Ab
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Eb Db Ab
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[Verse]
              Fm   
She wakes him ■  up
                 Ab               Eb      
Fortyeight hours later the sun is breaking
Fm                
Near broken chains
         Db                 Eb   
Mountain laurel and rolling rocks
                 Fm     
She's begging to ■  know
     Ab                      Eb    
What measures he now will be taking
                 Fm                      
He's pulling her down and she's clutching
      Db       Eb     Ab   
On to his long golden locks
             Fm  
Gentlemen he said


[Chorus]
        Ab        Eb          
I don't need your organization
                 Fm   
I've shined your shoes
                Db                        Eb   
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
            Fm     
But Eden is burning
           Ab        Eb         
Either get ready for elimination
             Fm                          
Or else your hearts must have the courage
        Db       Eb     Ab    
For the changing of the guards


[Inst]
Eb Db Ab Eb Db Ab
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Eb Db Eb Ab
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[Bridge]
Fm             
Peace will come
     Ab              Eb      
With tranquility and splendor
                 Fm  
On the wheels of fire
         Db       Eb    
But will offer no reward
                     Fm  
When her false idols fall


[Chorus]
          Ab       Eb        
And cruel ■  death surrenders
         Fm                   
With its pale ghost retreating
            Db           Eb       Ab    
Between the king and the queen of swords


[Outro]
Fm Ab Eb Fm Db Eb Fm Ab
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Eb Fm Db Eb Ab Eb Db Ab
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Eb Db Ab Eb Db Ab
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