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