Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Bb majorBb G minorGm
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells, ye heathen
G minorGm
From the city that dreams
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
G minorGm
’Cross the valleys and streams
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
For they’re deep and they’re wide
G minorGm
And the world’s on its side
Bb majorBb
And time is running backwards
G minorGm
And so is the bride
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells St. Peter
G minorGm
Where the four winds blow
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells with an iron hand
G minorGm
So the people will know
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Oh it’s rush hour now
G minorGm
On the wheel and the plow
Bb majorBb
And the sun is going down
G minorGm
Upon the sacred cow
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Eb MajorEb FF
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Eb MajorEb
Ring them bells
for the time that flies
For the child that cries
When innocence dies
Yeah
Interlude:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Bb majorBb G minorGm
Verse 3:
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells Sweet Martha
G minorGm
For the poor man’s son
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells so the world will know
G minorGm
That God is one
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Oh the shepherd is asleep
G minorGm
Where the willows weep
Bb majorBb
And the mountains are filled
G minorGm
With lost sheep
Verse 4:
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells St. Catherine
G minorGm
From the top of the room
Bb majorBb
Ring them from the fortress
G minorGm
For the lilies that bloom
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Oh the lines are long
G minorGm
And the fighting is strong
Bb majorBb
And they’re breaking down the distance
G minorGm
Between right and wrong
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Eb MajorEb FF
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Eb MajorEb
Ring them bells
for the time that flies
Eb MajorEb
For the child that cries
When innocence dies
Yeah
Bb majorBb
G minorGm
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells
G minorGm
ooo
Bb majorBb
for the blind and the deaf
G minorGm
Bb majorBb
Ring them bells
G minorGm
Eb MajorEb
for all of us who are left
FF
for the chosen few
G minorGm AdimAdim
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Bb majorBb C minorCm
DmDm Eb MajorEb
oh
Eb MajorEb
Ring them bells
for the time that flies
Eb MajorEb
For the child that cries
When innocence dies
Yeah