Intro
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[Verse 1]
A
Ring them bells, ye heathen
D/F# A
From the city that dreams
A
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
D/E
’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/E A
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
A
Ring them bells St. Peter
D/F# A
Where the four winds blow
A
Ring them bells with an iron hand
D/E
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/E A
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
A
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
D/E A
For the poor man’s son
A
Ring them bells so the world will know
E
That God is one
D A
Oh the shepherd is asleep
A D
Where the willows weep
A
And the mountains are filled
D/E A
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
F#m A
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
F#m A
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
F#m Faug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
A/E B9/D#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Dmaj7 A/C#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Bm7
For the child that cries
D/E
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
A
Ring them bells St. Catherine
D/E A
From the top of the room
A
Ring them from the fortress
D/E
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/E A
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
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