Intro
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[Verse 1]
F
Ring them bells, ye heathen
A#/D F
From the city that dreams
F
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
A#/C
’Cross the valleys and streams
A# F
For they’re deep and they’re wide
F A#
And the world’s on its side
F
And time is running backwards
A#/C F
And so is the bride
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
F
Ring them bells St. Peter
A#/D F
Where the four winds blow
F
Ring them bells with an iron hand
A#/C
So the people will know
A# F
Oh it’s rush hour now
F A#
On the wheel and the plow
F
And the sun is going down
A#/C F
Upon the sacred cow
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
F
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
A#/C F
For the poor man’s son
F
Ring them bells so the world will know
C
That God is one
A# F
Oh the shepherd is asleep
F A#
Where the willows weep
F
And the mountains are filled
A#/C F
With lost sheep
[Middle 8]
Dm F
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Dm F
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Dm Dbaug
Ring them bells for the chosen few
F/C G9/B
Who will judge the many when the game is through
A#maj7 F/A
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Gm7
For the child that cries
A#/C
When innocence dies
[Verse 4]
F
Ring them bells St. Catherine
A#/C F
From the top of the room
F
Ring them from the fortress
A#/C
For the lilies that bloom
A# F
Oh the lines are long
F A#
And the fighting is strong
F
And they’re breaking down the distance
A#/C F
Between right and wrong
[Outro]
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| F | % | A#/C C