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