Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Gordon Lightfoot - Ring Them Bells ## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ## CAPO: 4th Fret [INTRO:] C Am C [VERSE 1:] Ring them bells ye heathen, from the city that dreams

Ring them bells from the sanctuaries, 'cross the ^Gvalleys and streams For they're ^Fdeep and they're wide^C and the world's on it's side ^F And ^Ctime is a-running backwards and ^Gso is the ^Cbride ^Am ^C

[VERSE 2:] Ring them bells, St. Peter, where the four winds blow

Ring them bells with an iron hand, so the people will ^Gknow Oh, it's ^Frush hour now^C on the wheel of the plough ^F And the ^Csun is going down upon the ^Gsacred c^Cow ^Am ^C

[VERSE 3:] Ring them bells sweet Martha, for the poor man's son

Ring them bells so the world will know that god is ^Gnone For the ^Fshepherd is asleep^C where the willows weep ^F And the ^Cmountains are filled with ^Glost sheep ^C

[BRIDGE:]

Ring them ^Ambells, for the blind and the ^Cdeaf ~ Am C Ring them bells, for those who are left ~ Am C/G Ring them bells, for the chosen few Who will judge the ^Fmany, when the game is ^Dthrough Ring them ^Fbells, for the time that ^Cflies For the child who ^Dm7cries, when innocence ^Gdies

[VERSE 4:]

^CRing them bells, St. Catherine, from the top of the roof Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that ^Gbloom For the ^Flines that are ^Clong and the fighting is ^Fstrong And they're ^Cbreaking down the distance between ^Gright and ^Cwrong

[OUTRO:] G F G F C G C

Gordon Lightfoot - Ring them bells