{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1850367,"song":"Ring Them Bells","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1850367-ring-them-bells-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1850367?type=chord","rating":4.65684,"votes":15,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Ring Them Bells\r\n\r\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells ye heathen, from the city that dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRing them bells from the sanctuaries, 'cross the valleys and streams[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor they're deep and they're wide and the world's on its side[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd time is a-running backwards and so is the bride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, St. Peter, where the four winds blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRing them bells with an iron hand, so the people will know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, it's rush hour now on the wheel of the plough[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun is going down upon the sacred cow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells sweet Martha, for the poor man's son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRing them bells so the world will know that God is one[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the shepherd is asleep where the willows weep[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mountains are filled with lost sheep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, for the blind and the deaf[/tab]\r\n[tab]     ~    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, for those who are left[/tab]\r\n[tab]     ~    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, for the chosen few[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho will judge the many, when the game is through[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C/E[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, for the time that flies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the child who cries, when innocence dies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRing them bells, St. Catherine, from the top of the roof[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRing them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the lines are long and the fighting is strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Ring Them Bells\n\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO]\nC  Am  C\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nG  F  G  F  C  G  C","chords":["C","Am","G","F","C/G","D","C/E","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}