Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Sixteen years,
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Sixteen banners united over the fields
Gb Ab
While the good shepherd grieves
A#m Db Ab
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
A#m Gb Ab Db
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.
[Verse 2]
Db Ab/C A#m
Fortune calls.
Db Ab A#m
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
Gb Ab A#m
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
Db Ab A#m
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
Gb Ab Db
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
[Interlude]
Db Ab Gb
Db Ab Gb
Db Ab Gb
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[Verse 3]
Db Ab/C A#m
The cold-blooded moon.
Db Ab
The captain waits above the celebration
A#m Gb Ab
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
A#m Db Ab
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
A#m Gb Ab Db
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.
[Verse 4]
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They shaved her head.
Db Ab
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
A#m Gb Ab
D messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
A#m Db Ab
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
A#m Gb Ab Db
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
[Interlude]
Db Ab Gb
Db Ab Gb
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[Verse 5]
Db Ab/C A#m
I stumbled to my feet.
Db Ab
I rode past destruction in the ditches
A#m Gb Ab
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
A#m Db Ab
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
A#m Gb Ab Db
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.
[Verse 6]
Db Ab A#m
The palace of mirrors
Db Ab
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
A#m Gb Ab
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
A#m Db Ab
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
A#m Gb Ab Db
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
[Interlude]
Db Ab Gb
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[Verse 7]
Db Ab A#m
She wakes him up
Db Ab
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
A#m Gb Ab
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
A#m Db Ab
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking
A#m Gb Ab Db
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.
[Verse 8]
Db Ab A#m
Gentlemen, he said,
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I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
Gb Ab
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
A#m Db Ab
But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination
A#m Gb Ab Db
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
[Interlude]
Db Ab Gb
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[Verse 9]
Db Ab A#m
Peace will come
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With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
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But will offer no reward when her false idols fall
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And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Gb Ab Db
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.
[Ending]
A#m Db Ab
Fm...
The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:
Db Ab Gb Db
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p = Pull-off