Chords used:

D#/Ebm: x68876
B: x24442
F#/Gb: 244322
C#/Db: x46664
D#/Eb: x68886
G#/Ab: 466544
Em: x79987
D: x57775
C: x35553
G: 355433

[* = Strum, listen to the song]


Intro Rhythm 1 (keyboard arr. for guitar):
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---3---6---3---6---3---6---3------3-|------3------------------------------------------4---|
|--4---6---4---6---4---6---4-3----4--|--6--4---6----1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3--4---|
|-6-------6-------6-------6---6--4---|-6--4---6----2----4---2----4---2----4---2----4---2---|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                       *


D#/Ebm
The dancer slows her frantic pace


In pain and desperation,

F#/Gb
Her aching limbs and downcast face

BAglow (x2444x@1)with perspiration

D#/Ebm
Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,


With just the briefest pause

F#/Gb
The flooding through her memory,

B (x2444x@1)                            C#/Db
The echoes of old applause.


She limps across the floor


F#/Gb                  D#/Eb
And closes her bedroom door...


    D#/Ebm              D#/Ebm            F#/Gb     B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x2444x@1)|-----7p6-----------------7p6--------------------------------------------|
|----8----8-8------------8---6-6-----------3---------4-------------------|
|---8---------6h8-------8-------6h8--------4---------4-------------------|
|--6-------------------6-------------------4---------2-------------------|
|------------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
                                           *         *
(This pattern follows through out the verse)


D#/Ebm
The writer stares with glassy eyes


Defies the empty page

F#/Gb
His beard is white, his face is lined

BAnd (x2444x@1)streaked with tears of rage.

D#/Ebm
Thirty years ago, how the words would flow


With passion and precision,

F#/Gb
But now his mind is dark and dulled

B (x2444x@1)                                C#/Db
By sickness and indecision

And he stares out the kitchen door

          F#/Gb                      D#/Eb
Where the sun will rise no more...

             D#/Eb  C#/Db  G#/Ab
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------8------6-------------------9--|
|----3--6-----8------6------5------5-6-8----|
|---4--6------8------6------6---------------|
|--6----------6------4------6---------------|
|---------------------------4---------------|

D#/Eb            C#/Db
Some are born to move the world

   G#/Ab
To live their fantasies

D#/Eb               C#/Db
But most of us just dream about

    G#/Ab
The things we'd like to be


Em (022000@1)            DSadder (xx0232@1)still to watch it die

     C (x32010@1)           GThan (320003@1)never to have known it

B (x2444x@1)                    C#/Db
For you, the blind who once could see

B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db     B (x2444x@1)     C#/Db
The bell tolls for thee...

B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db        D#/Eb
The bell tolls for..

- SOLO -

|-----------------------|     |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|     |-----------------------------------|
|----3------------------|     |-----------------------------4--6--|
|---4--6-3----1-4-6-3---| X4  |---1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3--4--6--|
|--6------4--2-------4--|     |--2----4---2----4---2----4---2--4--|
|-----------------------|     |-----------------------------------|
                                                            *

B (x2444x@1)                    C#/Db
For you, the blind who once could see

B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db     B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db
The bell tolls for thee...

B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db     B (x2444x@1)      C#/Db
The bell tolls for thee...

This is one of my favourite all time Rush song. Since I didn't find a full tab or chord 
for this song I thought it was time for someone to do it.
It was a pleasure figuring out the tab and chords for this incredible song and I'll hope 
enjoy it as much as I do!


Feel free to contact me with any thoughts or changes to smuakr@hotmail.com
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