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Changing Of The Guards

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Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York punk rock movement, particularly with her 1975 début album 'Horses'. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978.

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

[Verse 1]
Em
Sixteen years
G D Em
Sixteen banners united over the field
C D
Where the good shepherd grieves
Em G D
Desperate men, desperate women divided
Em C D
Spreading their wings 'neath falling leaves

[Verse 2]
Em
Fortune calls
G D Em
I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace
C D Em
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down
G D Em
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born
C D G
On midsummer's eve near the tower

[Verse 3]
Em
The cold-blooded moon
G D
The captain waits above the celebration
Em C D
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Em G D
Whose ebony face is beyond communication
Em C D G
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid

[Bridge]
Em

[Verse 4]
Em
They shaved her head
G D
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo
Em C D
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale
Em G D
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow
Em C D G
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil

[Verse 5]
Em
I stumbled to my feet
G D
I rode past destruction in the ditches
Em C D
With the stitches still mending beneath a heart-shaped tattoo
Em G D
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Em C D
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you

[Verse 6]
Em
The palace of mirrors
G D
Where dog soldiers are reflected
Em C D
The endless road and the wailing of chimes
Em G D
The empty rooms where her memory is protected
Em C D G
Where the angel's voices whisper to the souls of previous times

[Verse 7]
Em
She wakes him up
G D
Forty-eight hours later the sun is breaking
Em C D
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks
Em G D
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
Em C D G
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks

[Bridge]
Em

[Verse 8]
Em
Gentlemen, he said
G D
I don't need your organization,
Em C D
I've shined your shoes, I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
Em G D
But Eden is burning either brace yourself for elimination
Em C D G
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards

[Verse 9]
Em
Peace will come
G D Em
With tranquillity and splendor on the wheels of fire
C D Em
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
G D
And cruel death surrenders with its
Em C D G
Pale ghost retreating,Between the King and the Queen of Swords

[Outro]
G D C
Fade Out

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