DYLAN BOB - "changing of the guards" Tablature

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 15:33:49 EST
From: Winston Campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu>
Subject: CHANGING OF THE GUARDS by Bob Dylan


Intro: Ab

Fm
Sixteen years,
Ab Eb Fm
Sixteen banners ...
Db Eb
While the good ...
Fm Ab Eb
Desperate men, ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
Spreading their wings 'neath ...

Fm
Fortune calls.
Ab Eb Fm
I stepped forth from the ...
Db Eb Fm
Merchants and thieves, hungry for ...
Ab Eb Fm
She's smelling sweet like the ...
Db Eb Ab
On midsummer's ...


(Interlude)

Fm
The cold-blooded ...
Ab Eb
The captain waits above ...
Fm Db Eb
Sending his thoughts to a ...
Fm Ab Eb
Whose ebony face is beyond ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
The captain is down but still believing that ...

Fm
They shaved ...
Ab Eb
She was torn between ...
Fm Db Eb
A messenger arrived with a ...
Fm Ab Eb
I seen her on the stairs and I ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
Follow her down past the ...


(Interlude)

Fm
I stumbled to ..
Ab Eb
I rode past ...
Fm Db Eb
With the stitches still mending ...
Fm Ab Eb
Renegade priests and ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
Were handing out the ...

Fm
The palace ...
Ab Eb
Where dog soldiers ...
Fm Db Eb
The endless road and the ...
Fm Ab Eb
The empty rooms where her ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
Where the angels' voices whisper to the ...


(Interlude)

Fm
She wakes him up
Ab Eb
Forty-eight hours later, ...
Fm Db Eb
Near broken chains, mountain ...
Fm Ab Eb
She's begging to know what ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
He's pulling her down and she's ....

Fm
Gentlemen, he said,
Ab Eb Fm
I don't need your organization, ..
Db Eb
I've moved your mountains and ...
Fm Ab Eb
But Eden is burning, either get ...
Fm Db Eb Ab
Or else your hearts must have the courage ...


(Interlude)

Fm
Peace will c...
Ab Eb Fm
With tranquility and splendor ...
Db Eb Fm
But will offer no reward when ...
Ab Eb Fm
And cruel death surrenders ...
Db Eb Ab
Between the King and the Queen ...


Fm Ab Eb
Fm...


The "Interlude" (that the sax plays) is:

Ab Eb Db Ab

E -6-8-9-8-8~----6-6~----4-4~--(repeat 3 times)---||-6p4-4---4~--||
B ------------------------------------------------||-------6-----||
G ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
D ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
A ------------------------------------------------||-------------||
E ------------------------------------------------||-------------||


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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