Intro
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[Verse 1]
A#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
D#/G A#
From the city that dreams
A#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
D#/F
’Cross the valleys and streams
D# A#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
A# D#
And the world’s on its side
A#
And time is running backwards
D#/F A#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
A#
Ring them bells St. Peter
D#/G A#
Where the four winds blow
A#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
D#/F
So the people will know
D# A#
Oh it’s rush hour now
A# D#
On the wheel and the plow
A#
And the sun is going down
D#/F A#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
A#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
D#/F A#
For the poor man’s son
A#
Ring them bells so the world will know
F
That God is one
D# A#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
A# D#
Where the willows weep
A#
And the mountains are filled
D#/F A#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Gm A#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Gm A#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Gm Gbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
A#/F C9/E
Who will judge the many when the game is through
D#maj7 A#/D
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Cm7
For the child that cries
D#/F
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
A#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
D#/F A#
From the top of the room
A#
Ring them from the fortress
D#/F
For the lilies that bloom
D# A#
Oh the lines are long
A# D#
And the fighting is strong
A#
And they’re breaking down the distance
D#/F A#
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
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| A# | % | D#/F C