{"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":602385,"song":"Chimes Of Freedom","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/602385-chimes-of-freedom-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/602385?type=chord","rating":4.76322,"votes":146,"content":"Artist: Bob Dylan\r\nSong: Chimes Of Freedom\r\nAlbum: Live At The Newport Folk Festival (1964), but it was originally on\r\nAnother Side of Bob Dylan.\r\n\r\nThe parts labeled [riff] in the chords are a little fancy transition between the D and G\r\nand it goes like this:\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\ne|-0-0-0--|\r\nB|-3-3-3--|\r\nG|-0-0-0--|\r\nD|-0-0-0--|\r\nA|-3-3-2--|\r\nE|--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThose are all eighth notes - the actual strumming pattern has more notes in it, but\r\nthat's easy enough to get on your own. Each chord lasts the duration of an eighth note.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFar between sundown's finish, and midnight's broken toll[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [riff]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFlashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFlashing for the refugees in the unarmed road of flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd for each and every underdog soldier in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [riff]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith faces hidden as the walls were tightening[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [riff]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDissolved into the bells of the lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTolling for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at the stake[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [riff] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] (The rest of the song follows the pattern of the second verse.)\r\nThrough the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail\r\nThe sky cracked its poems in naked wonder\r\nThat the clinging of the church bells blew far into the night\r\nLeaving only bells of lightning and its thunder\r\nStriking for the gentle, striking for the kind\r\nStriking for the guardians and protectors of the mind\r\nAn' the poet and the painter, the loss of his rightful time\r\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\nIn the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales\r\nFor the disrobed faceless forms of no position\r\nTolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts\r\nAll down in taken-for-granted situations\r\nTolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute\r\nFor the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute\r\nFor the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit\r\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\nEven though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed\r\nAn' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting\r\nElectric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones\r\nCondemned to drift or else be kept from drifting\r\nTolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail\r\nFor the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale\r\nAn' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail\r\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\nStarry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught\r\nTrapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended\r\nAs we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look\r\nSpellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended\r\nTolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed\r\nFor the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse\r\nAn' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe\r\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing","plain_text":"Artist: Bob Dylan\nSong: Chimes Of Freedom\nAlbum: Live At The Newport Folk Festival (1964), but it was originally on\nAnother Side of Bob Dylan.\n\nThe parts labeled [riff] in the chords are a little fancy transition between the D and G\nand it goes like this:\n\n\n\nThose are all eighth notes - the actual strumming pattern has more notes in it, but\nthat's easy enough to get on your own. Each chord lasts the duration of an eighth note.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] (The rest of the song follows the pattern of the second verse.)\nThrough the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail\nThe sky cracked its poems in naked wonder\nThat the clinging of the church bells blew far into the night\nLeaving only bells of lightning and its thunder\nStriking for the gentle, striking for the kind\nStriking for the guardians and protectors of the mind\nAn' the poet and the painter, the loss of his rightful time\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\n\n[Verse 4]\nIn the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales\nFor the disrobed faceless forms of no position\nTolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts\nAll down in taken-for-granted situations\nTolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute\nFor the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute\nFor the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\n\n[Verse 5]\nEven though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed\nAn' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting\nElectric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones\nCondemned to drift or else be kept from drifting\nTolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail\nFor the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale\nAn' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing\n\n[Verse 6]\nStarry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught\nTrapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended\nAs we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look\nSpellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended\nTolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed\nFor the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse\nAn' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe\nAn' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing","chords":["D","G","Csus2","G6","B","A","E","C","Am"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}