{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2465948,"song":"Changing Of The Guards","artist":"Patti Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11503691-changing-of-the-guards-chords-by-patti-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2465948?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":24,"content":" [Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSixteen years[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSixteen banners united over the field[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the good shepherd grieves[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDesperate men, desperate women divided[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpreading their wings 'neath falling leaves[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFortune calls[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMerchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn midsummer's eve near the tower[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe cold-blooded moon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe captain waits above the celebration[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSending his thoughts to a beloved maid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhose ebony face is beyond communication[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Bridge]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey shaved her head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was torn between Jupiter and Apollo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA messenger arrived with a black nightingale[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFollow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stumbled to my feet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI rode past destruction in the ditches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the stitches still mending beneath a heart-shaped tattoo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRenegade priests and treacherous young witches[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWere handing out the flowers that I'd given to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe palace of mirrors[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere dog soldiers are reflected[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe endless road and the wailing of chimes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe empty rooms where her memory is protected[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the angel's voices whisper to the souls of previous times[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe wakes him up[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForty-eight hours later the sun is breaking[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNear broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's begging to know what measures he now will be taking[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Bridge]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGentlemen, he said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't need your organization,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've shined your shoes, I've moved your mountains and marked your cards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut Eden is burning either brace yourself for elimination[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Verse 9]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPeace will come[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut will bring us no reward when her false idols fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd cruel death surrenders with its[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPale ghost retreating,Between the King and the Queen of Swords[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n Fade Out[/tab]\r","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Bridge]\nEm\n\n\n [Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Bridge]\nEm\n\n\n [Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Outro]","chords":["Em","G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}