Key: C
Introduction: C Am C
G
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries, 'cross the valleys and streams
F C F
For they're deep and they're wide and the world's on it's side
C G C Am C
And time is a-running backwards and so is the bride
Ring them bells, St. Peter, where the four winds blow
G
Ring them bells with an iron hand, so the people will know
F C F
Oh, it's rush hour now on the wheel of the plough
C G C Am C
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow
Ring them bells sweet Martha, for the poor man's son
G
Ring them bells so the world will know that god is none
F C F
For the shepherd is asleep where the willows weep
C G C
And the mountains are filled with lost sheep
Am C
Ring them bells, for the blind and the deaf
Am C
Ring them bells, for those who are left
Am C/G
Ring them bells, for the chosen few
F D
Who will judge the many, when the game is through
F C
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
Dm7 G
For the child who cries, when innocence dies
C
Ring them bells, St. Catherine, from the top of the roof
G
Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom
F C F
For the lines that are long and the fighting is strong
C G C
And they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong