Key: B
Introduction:
B E B
Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams
B F#
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams
E B
For they're deep and they're wide
Abm7 E
And the world on its side
B Em
And time is running backwards
F# B
And so is the bride.
B E B
Ring them bells Saint Peter where the four winds blow
B F#
Ring them bells with an ironhand so the people will know
E B
For it's rush hour now
Abm7 E
On the wheel and the plow
B E F# B
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow.
Instrumental Solo
B E B F# E B
Abm7 E B E F# B
B E B
Ring them bells Sweet martha for the poor man's son
B F#
Ring them bells so the world will know that God is one
E B
Oh the shepherd is asleep
Abm7 E
Where the willows weep
B E F# B
And the mountains are filled with lost sheep
Abm B
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Abm B
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Abm
Ring them bells for the chosen few
B/F# Abm7/F
Who will judge the many when the game is through
E B
Ring them bells for the time that flies
E
For the child that cries
F#
When the innocence dies.
B E B
Ring them bells Saint Catherine from the top of the room
B F#
Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom
E B Abm7 E
Oh the lines are long and the fighting is strong
B E F# B
And they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong.
Instrumental Solo
B E B F# E B
Abm7 E B E F# B