The bells
Music by Phil Ochs
Lyrics by Edgar Allen Poe

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)    DHear (xx0232@1)the sledges with the bells, silver bells,
                                 C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                               
what a world of merriment their melody foretells !
          C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)    AHow (x02220@1)they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night,
         C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)            C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)    Aall (x02220@1)the heavens seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight.
         D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)          AKeeping (x02220@1)time, time, time with a sort of runic rhyme,
         D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)from the tintinnabulation that so musically wells.
          D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1) 
From the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,
          G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) 
from the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)    DHear (xx0232@1)the mellow wedding bells, golden bells,
                                 C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)what a world of happiness their harmony foretells !
             C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)             C (x32010@1)      Em (022000@1)    AThrough (x02220@1)the balmy air of night, how they ring out their delight,
             C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)            C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)   Athrough (x02220@1)the dances and the yells, and the rapture that impels.
         D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)           F#m (244222@1)          AHow (x02220@1)it swells, how it dwells, on the future, how it tells,
          D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)           Dfrom (xx0232@1)the swinging and the ringing of the molten golden bells.
        D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    DOf (xx0232@1)the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,
        G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)
of the rhyming and the chiming of the bells.

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)    DHear (xx0232@1)the loud alarum bells, brazen bells,
                                 C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)what a tale of terror now their turbulency tells !
          C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)      Em (022000@1)  AMuch (x02220@1)too horrified to speak, oh, they can only shriek,
     C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)           C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)     Afor (x02220@1)all the ears to know, how the danger ebbs and flows.
         D (xx0232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)          F#m (244222@1)       ALeaping (x02220@1)higher, higher, higher with a desperate desire,
      D (xx0232@1)                        C (x32010@1)          Din (xx0232@1)a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire.
          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    DWith (xx0232@1)the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,
          G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)
with the clamor and the clanging of the bells.

D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)    DHear (xx0232@1)the tolling of the bells, iron bells,
                                      C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)what a world of solemn thought their monody compels !
     C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)       A (x02220@1)              C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)     AFor (x02220@1)all the sound that floats, from the rust within our throats,
         C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)     A (x02220@1)            C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1) Aand (x02220@1)the people sit and groan in their muffled monotone.
         D (xx0232@1)               Bm (x24432@1)            F#m (244222@1)        AAnd (x02220@1)the tolling, tolling, tolling feels a glory in the rolling,
           D (xx0232@1)                            C (x32010@1)         Dfrom (xx0232@1)the throbbing and the sobbing of the melancholy bells.
         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)   DOh, (xx0232@1)the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,
         G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)
oh, the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)    DHear (xx0232@1)the sledges with the bells, silver bells,
                                 C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)                               
what a world of merriment their melody foretells !
          C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)          C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)   AHow (x02220@1)they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night,
         C (x32010@1)     Em (022000@1)    A (x02220@1)            C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)    Aall (x02220@1)the heavens seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight.
         D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)          AKeeping (x02220@1)time, time, time with a sort of runic rhyme,
          D (xx0232@1)                      C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)from the tintinnabulation that so musically wells.
          D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1) 
From the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,
          G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) 
from the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
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