True chords for Piano
B5 E5 B5
Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams
B5 F#5
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams
E5 B5
For they're deep and they're wide
Ab5 E5
And the world on its side
B5 E5
And time is running backwards
F#5 B5
And so is the bride.
B5 E5 B5
Ring them bells Saint Peter where the four winds blow
B5 F#5
Ring them bells with an ironhand so the people will know
E5 B5
For it's rush hour now
Ab5 E5
On the wheel and the plow
B5 E5 F#5 B5
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow.
Instrumental Solo
(Same progression as above)
B5 E5 B5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
Ab5 E5 B5 E5 F#5 B5
B5 E5 B5
Ring them bells Sweet martha for the poor man's son
B5 F#5
Ring them bells so the world will know that God is one
E5 B5
Oh the shepherd is asleep
Ab5 E5
Where the willows weep
B5 E5 F#5 B5
And the mountains are filled with lost sheep
Bridge:
Ab5 B5
Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Ab5 B5
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Ab5 Gaug[ G5 B5 Eb5 ]
Ring them bells for the chosen few
B5 Ab5
Who will judge the many when the game is through
E5 B5
Ring them bells for the time that flies
E5
For the child that cries
F#5
When the innocence dies.
B5 E5 B5
Ring them bells Saint Catherine from the top of the room
B5 F#5
Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom
E5 B5 Ab5 E5
Oh the lines are long and the fighting is strong
B5 E5 F#5 B5
And they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong.
Instrumental Solo
(Same progression)
B5 E5 B5 B5 F#5 E5 B5
Ab5 E5 B5 E5 F#5 B5