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