The Gaslight Anthem's cover of Bob Dylan's Changing of the Guards. Really good version IMO. Capo 2 Intro: A F#m Sixteen years, A E F#m Sixteen banners united over the fields D E While the good shepherd grieves F#m A E Desperate men, desperate women divided, F#m D E A Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves. F#m Fortune calls. A E F#m I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace, D E F#m Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down. A E F#m She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born, D E A On midsummer's eve, near the tower. (Interlude) F#m The cold-blooded moon. A E The captain waits above the celebration F#m D E Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid F#m A E Whose ebony face is beyond communication. F#m D E A The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid. F#m They shaved her head. A E She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo. F#m D E A messenger arrived with a black nightingale. F#m A E I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow, F#m D E A Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil. (Interlude) F#m I stumbled to my feet. A E I rode past destruction in the ditches F#m D E With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo. F#m A E Renegade priests and treacherous young witches F#m D E A Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you. F#m The palace of mirrors A E Where dog soldiers are reflected, F#m D E The endless road and the wailing of chimes, F#m A E The empty rooms where her memory is protected, F#m D E A Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times. (Interlude) F#m She wakes him up A E Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking F#m D E Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks. F#m A E She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking F#m D E A He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks. F#m Gentlemen, he said, A E F#m I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes, D E I've moved your mountains and marked your cards F#m A E But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination F#m D E A Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards. (Interlude) F#m Peace will come A E F#m With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire D E F#m But will offer no reward when her false idols fall A E F#m And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating D E A Between the King and the Queen of Swords. F#m A E F#m... The "Interlude" is: Ab Eb C# Ab E ----------------------------(repeat 3 times)-||-------------------------|| B ---------------------------------------------||-------------------------|| G -4-6-7-6-6~---4-4~----2-2~-------------------||-4p2---2-2-2~-4p2---2-2~-|| D ---------------------------------------------||-----4------------4------|| A ------------------------------------------ --||-------------------------|| E ---------------------------------------------||-------------------------||