Tone: [Db]
Verse 1:
[Db]Ring them bells, ye heathen
From the [Gb]city that dreams [Db]
[Db]Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
’Cross the [Gb]valleys and streams
For they’re [Gb]deep and they’re w[Db]wide
And the [Db]world’s on its side [Gb]
And [Db]time is running backwards
And [Gb]so is the br[Db]bride
Interlude: | Gb Gb Ab | Db | % |
Verse 2:
[Db]Ring them bells St. Peter
Where the [Gb]four winds blow [Db]
[Db]Ring them bells with an iron hand
So the [Gb]people will know
Oh it’s [Gb]rush hour n[Db]now
On the [Db]wheel and the plow [Gb]
And the [Db]sun is going down
Upon the [Gb]sacred co[Db]cow
Interlude: | Gb Gb Ab | Db | % |
Verse 3:
[Db]Ring them bells Sweet Martha
For the [Gb]poor man’s so[Db]son
[Db]Ring them bells so the world will know
That [Ab]God is one
Oh the [Gb]shepherd is as[Db]asleep
Where the [Db]willows w[Gb]weep
And the [Db]mountains are filled
With [Gb]lost sh[Db]sheep
Middle 8:
Ring them [Bbm]bells for the blind and the d[Db]deaf
Ring them [Bbm]bells for all of us who are l[Db]left
Ring them [Bbm]bells for the chosen f[Aaug]few
Who will judge the [Db]many when the game is th[Eb9]through
Ring them [Gbmaj7]bells, for the time that f[Db]flies
For the child that [Ebm7]cries
When innocence [Gb]dies
Verse 4:
[Db]Ring them bells St. Catherine
From the [Gb]top of the room [Db]
[Db]Ring them from the fortress
For the [Gb]lilies that bloom
Oh the [Gb]lines are l[Db]long
And the [Db]fighting is s[Gb]strong
And they’re [Db]breaking down the distance
Between [Gb]right and wr[Db]wrong