Intro
| F# | F# C# | D#m | D#m B/D# C#/F | F# | % |
[Verse 1]
F#
Ring them bells, ye heathen
B/D# F#
From the city that dreams
F#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
B/C#
’Cross the valleys and streams
B F#
For they’re deep and they’re wide
F# B
And the world’s on its side
F#
And time is running backwards
B/C# F#
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
F#
Ring them bells St. Peter
B/D# F#
Where the four winds blow
F#
Ring them bells with an iron hand
B/C#
So the people will know
B F#
Oh it’s rush hour now
F# B
On the wheel and the plow
F#
And the sun is going down
B/C# F#
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
F#
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
B/C# F#
For the poor man’s son
F#
Ring them bells so the world will know
C#
That God is one
B F#
Oh the shepherd is asleep
F# B
Where the willows weep
F#
And the mountains are filled
B/C# F#
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
D#m F#
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
D#m F#
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
D#m Daug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
F#/C# G#9/C
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Bmaj7 F#/A#
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
G#m7
For the child that cries
B/C#
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
F#
Ring them bells St. Catherine
B/C# F#
From the top of the room
F#
Ring them from the fortress
B/C#
For the lilies that bloom
B F#
Oh the lines are long
F# B
And the fighting is strong
F#
And they’re breaking down the distance
B/C# F#
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
| C# | B | C# | B |
| F# | % | B/C# C