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