Intro
| C | C G | Am | Am F/A G/B | C | % |
[Verse 1]
C
Ring them bells, ye heathen
F/A C
From the city that dreams
C
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
F/G
’Cross the valleys and streams
F C
For they’re deep and they’re wide
C F
And the world’s on its side
C
And time is running backwards
F/G C
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
C
Ring them bells St. Peter
F/A C
Where the four winds blow
C
Ring them bells with an iron hand
F/G
So the people will know
F C
Oh it’s rush hour now
C F
On the wheel and the plow
C
And the sun is going down
F/G C
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| F/A F/A G/B | C | % |
[Verse 3]
C
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
F/G C
For the poor man’s son
C
Ring them bells so the world will know
G
That God is one
F C
Oh the shepherd is asleep
C F
Where the willows weep
C
And the mountains are filled
F/G C
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Am C
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Am C
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Am Abaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
C/G D9/F#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Fmaj7 C/E
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Dm7
For the child that cries
F/G
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
C
Ring them bells St. Catherine
F/G C
From the top of the room
C
Ring them from the fortress
F/G
For the lilies that bloom
F C
Oh the lines are long
C F
And the fighting is strong
C
And they’re breaking down the distance
F/G C
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
| G | F | G | F |
| C | % | F/G C