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