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Patti Smith - Changing Of The Gaurd BPM 120 You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2B_9KpRqk [Verse 1]

^EmSixteen years Sixteen ^Gbanners ^Dunited over the ^Emfield Where the ^Cgood shepherd ^Dgrieves Desperate ^Emmen, desperate ^Gwomen ^Ddivided Spreading their ^Emwings 'neath ^Cfalling ^Dleaves

[Verse 2]

Fortune ^Emcalls I stepped ^Gforth from the ^Dshadows to the market^Emplace Merchants and ^Cthieves, hungry for ^Dpower, my last deal gone ^Emdown She's smelling ^Gsweet like the ^Dmeadows where she was ^Emborn On midsummer's ^Ceve ^Dnear the ^Gtower

[Verse 3]

The cold-blooded ^Emmoon The captain ^Gwaits above the ^Dcelebration Sending his ^Emthoughts to a ^Cbeloved ^Dmaid Whose ebony ^Emface is ^Gbeyond communi^Dcation The captain is ^Emdown but still believing that his ^Clove will ^Dbe re^Gpaid

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^EmThey shaved her head She was ^Gtorn between Jupiter and ^DApollo A messenger ^Emarrived with a ^Cblack nightin^Dgale I seen her on the ^Emstairs and I ^Gcouldn't help but ^Dfollow Follow her ^Emdown past the fountain where they ^Clifted ^Dher ^Gveil

[Verse 5]

I stumbled to my ^Emfeet I rode past ^Gdestruction in the ^Dditches With the ^Emstitches still mending beneath a ^Cheart-shaped ^Dtattoo Renegade ^Empriests and ^Gtreacherous young ^Dwitches Were ^Emhanding out the flowers that I'd ^Cgiven to ^Dyou

[Verse 6]

The palace of ^Emmirrors Where dog ^Gsoldiers are ^Dreflected The endless ^Emroad and the ^Cwailing of ^Dchimes The empty ^Emrooms where her ^Gmemory is ^Dprotected Where the ^Emangel's voices whisper to the ^Csouls ^Dof previous ^Gtimes

[Verse 7]

She wakes him ^Emup Forty-eight hours ^Glater the sun is ^Dbreaking Near broken ^Emchains, mountain ^Claurel and rolling ^Drocks She's begging to ^Emknow what ^Gmeasures he now will be ^Dtaking He's pulling her ^Emdown and she's clutching on to his ^Clong g^Dolden ^Glocks

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^EmGentlemen, he said ^GI don't need your ^Dorganization, I've shined your ^Emshoes, I've moved your ^Cmountains and marked your ^Dcards But Eden is ^Emburning either brace ^Gyourself for ^Delimination Or else your ^Emhearts must have the courage for the ^Cchanging ^Dof the ^Gguards

[Verse 9]

Peace will ^Emcome With ^Gtranquillity and ^Dsplendor on the wheels of ^Emfire But will bring us ^Cno ^Dreward when her false idols ^Emfall And cruel ^Gdeath s^Durrenders with its ^EmPale ghost retreating,Between the ^CKing and the ^DQueen of ^GSwords

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Patti Smith - Changing of the guards