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