Capo 2

Intro:  A5

        F#5
Sixteen years,
       A5         E5              F#5
Sixteen banners united over the fields
          D5             E5
While the good shepherd grieves
          F#5       A5           E5 
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
                F#5              D5  E5    A5
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

        F#5
Fortune calls.
        A5                E5                     F#5
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
              D5                   E5                        F#5
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
              A5               E5                     F#5
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
               D5    E5         A5
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.


(Interlude)

                 F#5
The cold-blooded moon.
            A5                   E5 
The captain waits above the celebration
            F#5           D5       E5
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
            F#5           A5       E5
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
               F#5                               D5         E5       A5
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.

                F#5
They shaved her head.
                     A5               E5
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
            F#5            D5            E5
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
                  F#5         A5                  E5
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
           F#5                               D5  E5       A5
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.


(Interlude)

                 F#5
I stumbled to my feet.
            A5                  E5
I rode past destruction in the ditches
         F#5                             D5               E5
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
         F#5         A5                    E5
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
     F#5                             D5   E5     A5
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.

              F#5
The palace of mirrors
          A5              E5
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
            F#5          D5          E5
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
          F#5             A5            E5
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
          F#5                           D5        E5         A5
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.


(Interlude)

              F#5
She wakes him up
                  A5                 E5
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
            F#5                D5                E5
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
                 F#5           A5                   E5
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
                 F#5                              D5      E5      A5
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.

              F#5
Gentlemen, he said,
        A5               E5                        F#5
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
                D5                         E5
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
               F#5                  A5          E5
But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
              F#5                                 D5        E5       A5
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.


(Interlude)

           F#5
Peace will come
         A5           E5                         F#5
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
         D5          E5                         F#5
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
    A5              E5                F#5
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
            D5            E5           A5
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.


F#5    A5   E5
F#m...


The "Interlude" is:

           Ab5    Eb5      C#5                       Ab5           

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 --------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------- |  |