Intro
| B | B F# | G#m | G#m E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse 1]
B
Ring them bells, ye heathen
E/G# B
From the city that dreams
B
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
E/F#
’Cross the valleys and streams
E B
For they’re deep and they’re wide
B E
And the world’s on its side
B
And time is running backwards
E/F# B
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
| E/G# E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse 2]
B
Ring them bells St. Peter
E/G# B
Where the four winds blow
B
Ring them bells with an iron hand
E/F#
So the people will know
E B
Oh it’s rush hour now
B E
On the wheel and the plow
B
And the sun is going down
E/F# B
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
| E/G# E/G# F#/A# | B | % |
[Verse 3]
B
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
E/F# B
For the poor man’s son
B
Ring them bells so the world will know
F#
That God is one
E B
Oh the shepherd is asleep
B E
Where the willows weep
B
And the mountains are filled
E/F# B
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
G#m B
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
G#m B
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
G#m Gaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
B/F# C#9/F
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Emaj7 B/D#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
C#m7
For the child that cries
E/F#
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
B
Ring them bells St. Catherine
E/F# B
From the top of the room
B
Ring them from the fortress
E/F#
For the lilies that bloom
E B
Oh the lines are long
B E
And the fighting is strong
B
And they’re breaking down the distance
E/F# B
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
| F# | E | F# | E |
| B | % | E/F# C