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Intro G#
Fm
Sixteen years,
G# Eb Fm
Sixteen banners united over the fields
C# Eb
While the good shepherd grieves
Fm G# Eb
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
Fm C# Eb G#
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
Fm
Fortune calls.
G# Eb Fm
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
C# Eb Fm
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
G# Eb Fm
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
C# Eb G#
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
(Interlude)
Fm
The cold-blooded moon.
G# Eb
The captain waits above the celebration
Fm C# Eb
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Fm G# Eb
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
Fm C# Eb G#
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
Fm
They shaved her head.
G# Eb
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
Fm C# Eb
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
Fm G# Eb
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
Fm C# Eb G#
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
(Interlude)
Fm
I stumbled to my feet.
G# Eb
I rode past destruction in the ditches
Fm C# Eb
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
Fm G# Eb
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Fm C# Eb G#
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
Fm
The palace of mirrors
G# Eb
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
Fm C# Eb
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
Fm G# Eb
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
Fm C# Eb G#
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
(Interlude)
Fm
She wakes him up
G# Eb
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
Fm C# Eb
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
Fm G# Eb
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
Fm C# Eb G#
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
Fm
Gentlemen, he said,
G# Eb Fm
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
C# Eb
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
Fm G# Eb
But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
Fm C# Eb G#
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
(Interlude)
Fm
Peace will come
G# Eb Fm
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
C# Eb Fm
But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
G# Eb Fm
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
C# Eb G#
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
Fm G# Eb
Fm
The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:
G# Eb C# G#
E -6-8-9-8-8~----6-6~----4-4~--(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--||
B ------------------------------------------------||-------6-----||
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D ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
A ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
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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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