Ring Them Bells

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Gordon Lightfoot - Ring Them Bells
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO]
C Am C
[VERSE 1]
C
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 its side
C G C Am C
And time is a-running backwards and so is the bride
[VERSE 2]
C
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]
C
Ring them bells sweet Martha, for the poor man's son
G
Ring them bells so the world will know that God is one
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/E
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 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

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Gordon Lightfoot - Ring Them Bells
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
[INTRO]
C  Am  C
[VERSE 1]
[VERSE 2]
[VERSE 3]
[BRIDGE]
[VERSE 4]
[OUTRO]
G  F  G  F  C  G  C

Ring Them Bells Chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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