Intro
| G | G D | Em | Em C/E D/F# | G | % |
[Verse 1]
G
Ring them bells, ye heathen
C/E 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/E 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]
Em G
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Em G
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Em Ebaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
G/D A9/C#
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Cmaj7 G/B
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Am7
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