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Ok, so this is how i play it, not 100% correct i dont think.
He does this at the beginning i think, its a quick little move, but i think it sounds neat:
|-e----------|
|-b--5\1-1/3-|
|-g--4\0-0/2-|
|-d----------|
|-a----------|
|-e----------|
I guess these are the correct chord names:
 Dsus2*               C6  F*        G  
|-e----0--||-e---0---||-e---5---||-e---7---|
|-b----3--||-b---1---||-b---6---||-b---8---|
|-g----2--||-g---0---||-g---5---||-g---7---|
|-d----0--||-d---2---||-d-------||-d-------|
|-a-------||-a---0---||-a-------||-a-------|
|-e-------||-e-------||-e-------||-e-------|
*There is a regular "F" played in the song, F* will notate the one played at the fifth fret
*When playing the Dsus4, hammer on and off of the g string at your discretion
Listen to the recording to get a sense of the song. There are some other little tricks 
he does, but this should at least get you started
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One Bell Ringing
Dsus2Raining slapping on the window pane
CAn hour or more of teeming
C6Storm punching like a hurricane
Dsus2That tore him out of dreaming
Dsus2Air screaming through the slightest gap
CRattling between the frame and the sill
C6Drapes hanging from the final act
Dsus2When I had you still
F*               G  F*       G  
One lonely bird... is singing
F*
Lower the hood hung of his lament
G                            F (Standard F at first fret)
Dash him down on cold cement
One CBell RDsus2inging
Flies buzzing round strip search light
They've got him down on his knees
He thinks of honey dripping from a spoon
Girls whispering in Portuguese
Between muzzle and the black site
Electrical contact
Deny your name and then carry the blame
Somewhat after the fact
One lonely bird is singing
Lower the hood hung on that last lament
Dash him down on cold cement
One Bell Ringing

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One Bell Ringing

by Elvis Costello

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Dsus2

Ok, so this is how i play it, not 100% correct i dont think.

He does this at the beginning i think, its a quick little move, but i think it sounds neat:

|-e----------|

|-b--5\1-1/3-|

|-g--4\0-0/2-|

|-d----------|

|-a----------|

|-e----------|

I guess these are the correct chord names:

Dsus2 C6 F G

* *

|-e----0--||-e---0---||-e---5---||-e---7---|

|-b----3--||-b---1---||-b---6---||-b---8---|

|-g----2--||-g---0---||-g---5---||-g---7---|

|-d----0--||-d---2---||-d-------||-d-------|

|-a-------||-a---0---||-a-------||-a-------|

|-e-------||-e-------||-e-------||-e-------|

*There is a regular "F" played in the song, F* will notate the one played at the fifth fret

*When playing the Dsus4, hammer on and off of the g string at your discretion

Listen to the recording to get a sense of the song. There are some other little tricks

he does, but this should at least get you started

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

One Bell Ringing

Dsus2

Raining slapping on the window pane

An hour or more of teeming

Storm punching like a hurricane

Dsus2

That tore him out of dreaming

Dsus2

Air screaming through the slightest gap

Rattling between the frame and the sill

Drapes hanging from the final act

Dsus2

When I had you still

F G F G

* *

One lonely bird... is singing

Lower the hood hung of his lament

G F (Standard F at first fret)

Dash him down on cold cement

C Dsus2

One Bell Ringing

Flies buzzing round strip search light

They've got him down on his knees

He thinks of honey dripping from a spoon

Girls whispering in Portuguese

Between muzzle and the black site

Electrical contact

Deny your name and then carry the blame

Somewhat after the fact

One lonely bird is singing

Lower the hood hung on that last lament

Dash him down on cold cement

One Bell Ringing

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