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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Ring Them Bells</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Words and Music by Bob Dylan<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Oh Mercy</a> (1989).<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  19
  20 <p>I think this song is originally in C# major or some other unplayable
  21 key :-). Anyway, put in C, it is perfectly playable on a guitar. The
  22 initial rush down takes some practice, but it can be done. Otherwise,
  23 just replace everything between the two plain C's with a sustained C.</p>
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  27 <pre class="verse">
  28 C    /b   Am     /g F   C/e Dm   C   F/g       C
  29 Ring them bells, ye heathen From the city that dreams,
  30 C    /b   Am    /g       F   C/e Dm  C         G
  31 Ring them bells from the sanctuaries Cross the valleys and streams,
  32             F                C
  33 For they're deep and they're wide
  34                            F
  35 And the world's on its side
  36     C    /b  Am /g   F   C/e  Dm C F/g       C
  37 And time is running backwards And  so is the bride.
  38
  39 C G/b    Am
  40 Am G/b   C
  41
  42 Ring them bells St. Peter Where the four winds blow,
  43 Ring them bells with an iron hand So the people will know.
  44 Oh it's rush hour now
  45 On the wheel and the plow
  46 And the sun is going down Upon the sacred cow.
  47
  48 Ring them bells Sweet Martha, For the poor man's son,
  49 Ring them bells so the world will know That God is one.
  50 Oh the shepherd is asleep
  51 Where the willows weep
  52 And the mountains are filled With lost sheep.
  53 </pre>
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  55 <pre class="bridge">
  56 C    G/b  Am
  57 Ring them bells
  58               G/b     C
  59 for the blind and the deaf,
  60      G/b  Am
  61 Ring them bells
  62                   G/b C
  63 for all of us who are left,
  64 C    G/b  Am
  65 Ring them bells
  66                Am/g#
  67 for the chosen few
  68                    Am/g
  69 Who will judge the many
  70                  D7/f#
  71 when the game is through.
  72           F
  73 Ring them bells,
  74                   C/e
  75 for the time that flies,
  76                    Dm7
  77 For the child that cries
  78                F/g
  79 When innocence dies.
  80 </pre>
  81
  82 <pre class="verse">
  83 Ring them bells St. Catherine From the top of the room,
  84 Ring them from the fortress For the lilies that bloom.
  85 Oh the lines are long
  86 And the fighting is strong
  87 And they're breaking down the distance Between right and wrong.
  88
  89 G  F  G  F
  90 C /b Am /g F C/e Dm C F/g   C
  91 </pre>
  92 <h3><em>Tell Tale Sign</em> version</h3>
  93
  94 Live performance from one of the Supper Club shows, November 1993.
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  97 <pre class="tab">
  98 Intro:
  99   E
 100   :     .   .   .
 101 --4-----------------
 102 --5-----------------
 103 --4h6p4-------------
 104 --------6---4-------
 105 ----------------7---
 106 --------------------
 107 </pre>
 108 <pre class="tab">
 109   E  (B)  E                           A           E
 110   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 111 |-4---7---4-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 112 |-5---7---5-------|-5---------------|(5---5---5)------|-----------------|
 113 |-----------------|-4-------2---4---|-6---6---6---4---|-----------------|
 114 |-----------------|----(6)--4---6---|-7---7---7---6---|-----------------|
 115 |-------------7---|-----7-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
 116 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 117 </pre>
 118 <pre class="tab">
 119   E  (B)  D                           B
 120   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 121 |-----------------|-----------------|-7---------11--9-|---7-------------|
 122 |-9---7-9-----9---|-7---5-----------|-7---------------|-----------------|
 123 |-9---8-9---------|-----------------|-8-----9/11--9---|-8---------------|
 124 |-9-----------9---|-7---6-----------|-----------------|---------------7-|
 125 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 126 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 127 </pre>
 128 <pre class="tab">
 129   A           E                                   A
 130   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 131 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 132 |---5-----------9-|-----------------|/9---7-9-7---5---|-----------------|
 133 |-6---------------|-----------------|/9---8---8---6---|-----------------|
 134 |------------/9---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
 135 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 136 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 137 </pre>
 138 <pre class="tab">
 139   E                                   A           E
 140   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 141 |-----------------|-------------0---|---------5-------|-----------------|
 142 |-----------4-----|h6-----------0---|---5-----5---5---|-----------------|
 143 |-------4h6-------|-----6-4-2---1---|-6-----6-----4---|-----------------|
 144 |-----------------|-----------------|-7---7-----0-6---|-----------------|
 145 |-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|-----------------|
 146 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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