The Gaslight Anthem – Changing Of The Guards (Guitar Solo)
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The Gaslight Anthem's cover of Bob Dylan's Changing Of The Guards.
From the album "Chimes Of Freedom - The Songs Of Bob Dylan, Honoring 50 Years Of Amnesty International"
Notes:
1. For the first Verse, chords are muted
2. Fingering variation for Interlude 2 - final A chord xx2225
3. In The Gaslight Anthem's recording, they omit the last verse,
but it's included it here to have the complete song as written by Dylan.
[Verse]
F#m Sixteen years, A E F#m Sixteen banners united over the fields D E While the good shepherd grieves F#m A E Desperate men, desperate women divided, F#m D E A Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves. F#m Fortune calls. A E F#m I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace, D E F#m Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down. A E F#m She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born, D E A On midsummer's eve, near the tower.
[Interlude 1]
A E F#m D E F#m A E F#m e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------| G|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D E A D E A e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|-------------------------| D|------------h4-----------|------------h4-----------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Verse]
F#m The cold-blooded moon. A E The captain waits above the celebration F#m D E Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid F#m A E Whose ebony face is beyond communication. F#m D E A The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid. F#m They shaved her head. A E She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo. F#m D E A messenger arrived with a black nightingale. F#m A E I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow, F#m D E A Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.
[Interlude 1]
A E F#m D E F#m A E F#m e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------| G|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D E A D E A e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|-------------------------| D|------------h4-----------|------------h4-----------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Verse]
F#m I stumbled to my feet. A E I rode past destruction in the ditches F#m D E With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo. F#m A E Renegade priests and treacherous young witches F#m D E A Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you. F#m The palace of mirrors A E Where dog soldiers are reflected, F#m D E The endless road and the wailing of chimes, F#m A E The empty rooms where her memory is protected, F#m D E A Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.
[Interlude 1]
A E F#m D E F#m A E F#m e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--------------| G|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D E A D E A e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|-------------------------| D|------------h4-----------|------------h4-----------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Interlude 2]
A E F#m D E F#m A E F#m e|-------------------------|-----------------2-------|-------------------------| B|------2h3-2--------------|------2h3-2--5-5~-5------|------2h3-2--------------| G|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----|--2h4--------------------|--2h4-------4-4~-2-2~----| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| D E A D E A e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| G|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|--2-2-4p2-2----2~--------|-------------------------| D|------------h4-----------|------------h4-----------|-------------------------| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Verse]
F#m She wakes him up A E Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking F#m D E Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks. F#m A E She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking F#m D E A He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks. F#m Gentlemen, he said, A E F#m I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes, D E I've moved your mountains and marked your cards F#m A E But Eden is burning, either get brave for elimination F#m D E A Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.
[Outro -- Interlude 1, Interlude 2]
[The following verse from Dylan's original is omitted from The Gaslight Anthem's recording]
F#m Peace will come A E F#m With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire D E F#m But will offer no reward when her false idols fall A E F#m And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating D E A Between the King and the Queen of Swords.