Intro
| D | D A | Bm | Bm G/B A/C# | D | % |
[Verse 1]
D
Ring them bells, ye heathen
G/B D
From the city that dreams
D
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
G/A
’Cross the valleys and streams
G D
For they’re deep and they’re wide
D G
And the world’s on its side
D
And time is running backwards
G/A D
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D
Ring them bells St. Peter
G/B D
Where the four winds blow
D
Ring them bells with an iron hand
G/A
So the people will know
G D
Oh it’s rush hour now
D G
On the wheel and the plow
D
And the sun is going down
G/A D
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
D
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
G/A D
For the poor man’s son
D
Ring them bells so the world will know
A
That God is one
G D
Oh the shepherd is asleep
D G
Where the willows weep
D
And the mountains are filled
G/A D
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Bm D
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Bm D
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Bm A#aug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
D/A E9/G#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Gmaj7 D/F#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Em7
For the child that cries
G/A
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
D
Ring them bells St. Catherine
G/A D
From the top of the room
D
Ring them from the fortress
G/A
For the lilies that bloom
G D
Oh the lines are long
D G
And the fighting is strong
D
And they’re breaking down the distance
G/A D
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
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| D | % | G/A C