Intro
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[Verse 1]
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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]
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[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]
A#m C#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
A#m C#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
A#m Aaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
C#/G# D#9/G
Who will judge the many when the game is through
F#maj7 C#/F
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
D#m7
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]
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