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