Ring Them Bells

	  		



Intro: C  Am  C 

verse 1: 
                                
Ring them bells ye heathen, from the city that dreams  
                                                 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 


verse 2: 

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 


verse 3: 

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 


Bridge: 
          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 


verse 4: 
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 


OUTRO: G  F  G  F  C  G  C