Verse
A F#m D E A F#m
Oh the bells, I carry news that I have got to tell
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
Hold your head out and you can hear, my baby crying
Verse 2
A F#m D E A F#m
Peter and Paul, stare at the sky and wait for Jesus to fall
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
The only sound that they can hear, is my baby crying
Verse 3
A F#m D E A F#m
Investors of cash, have only years ‘fore a wallstreet crash
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
Pile up here and throw a big Roman bash in ce-le-bra-tion
Verse 4
A F#m D E A F#m
Bodies Relax, exhale the smoke of trivial facts
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
Which rises up to smother the sound, of my baby crying
Chorus:
D A
Sometimes I feel like a lover in vain
D A
I failed to protect her from the forces of pain
Bm E
That so silently pierce her tender heart
Verse 5
A F#m D E A F#m
My little makes, is an embarrassment to heads of state
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
In nervous speeches claiming they don’t hear, my baby crying
Verse 6
A F#m D E A F#m
Rumours are bound, the pedlar went and sold the things that he found
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
To hipster agents who will market the sound, of my baby crying
Chorus:
D A
Sometimes I feel like a lover in vain
D A
I failed to protect her from the forces of pain
Bm E
That so silently pierce her tender heart
Verse 7
A F#m D E A F#m
Bring out the shroud , the rebel prophet just got stoned by the crowd
D E A F#m D E A F#m D E
That walked away and laughed out loud, at my baby crying
Verse 8
A F#m D E A F#m
I’m in despair, I hear like a trumpet everywhere
D E A F#m
How could I tell myself, that I couldn’t care about
D E A F#m
My baby crying x4
(Finish on G)