Intro
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[Verse 1]
G#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
C#/F G#
From the city that dreams
G#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
C#/D#
’Cross the valleys and streams
C# G#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
G# C#
And the world’s on its side
G#
And time is running backwards
C#/D# G#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
G#
Ring them bells St. Peter
C#/F G#
Where the four winds blow
G#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
C#/D#
So the people will know
C# G#
Oh it’s rush hour now
G# C#
On the wheel and the plow
G#
And the sun is going down
C#/D# G#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
G#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
C#/D# G#
For the poor man’s son
G#
Ring them bells so the world will know
D#
That God is one
C# G#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
G# C#
Where the willows weep
G#
And the mountains are filled
C#/D# G#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Fm G#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Fm G#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Fm Fbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
G#/D# A#9/D
Who will judge the many when the game is through
C#maj7 G#/C
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
A#m7
For the child that cries
C#/D#
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
G#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
C#/D# G#
From the top of the room
G#
Ring them from the fortress
C#/D#
For the lilies that bloom
C# G#
Oh the lines are long
G# C#
And the fighting is strong
G#
And they’re breaking down the distance
C#/D# G#
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
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| G# | % | C#/D# C