Chords for Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells sung by Phil Ochs
Tempo:
131.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D]
Hear the [G] sledges with the bells, silver bells, What world of merry men [C] their melody [D] foretells,
How [C] they tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle in [Em] the icy air [A] of night, [Em] All the heavens seem [A] to twinkle with [C] a crystal mean delight.
[D] Keepin' time, [Bm] time, time with [F#m] a sort of rudder [A] grind, [D] From the tint and abulation that [C] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [D] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, bells, From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bell.
Hear the mellow wedding bells, golden bell, What a world of happiness their [C] harmony [D] foretells,
Through [C] the balmy air [A] of night, how they ring out their delight, Through [C] the dances and the yells [G] and the rapture that [A] impels,
[Bm] How it swells, how it [F#m] dwells on the future, [E] how it tells, [D] From the swinging and the ringing [Bm] of the molten [D] golden bell.
Of the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] Of the rhyming [A] and the chiming [D] of the bell.
Hear the loud alarm bells, brazen bells, What a tale of terror now their turbulence details,
Much [Em] too horrified [A] to speak, [Em] oh, they can only [Em] shriek, For all the ears [A] to know how the [G] danger has [A] implodes.
[Bm] Leaping higher, higher, higher [F#m] with a desperate [B] desire, [D] In a glamorous appealing to the mercy [E] of the fire.
[G] With the bells, [A] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, [G] With the glamour and [A] the crying of the [D] bell.
[D]
[E] Hear the tolling of the bells, iron bells, [D] What a world of solemn thought their monody compels,
[A] For all the sound that floats [C] from the rust within [A] our throats, And the people sit and groan [C] in their muffled [A] monotones.
And [Bm] the tolling, tolling, tolling, [F#] fills the glory [A] in the rolling, From [D] the throbbing and the sobbing of [G] the melancholy [D] bells.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, [G] bells, Of the moaning and [A] the groaning of the [D] bell.
Hear the sledges with [G] the bells, silver [D] bells, What a world of merry men [C] their [D] melody foretells,
How they [C] tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle [Em] in the icy [A] air of night, [Bm] All the heavens seem to [A] twinkle with a crystalline delight.
[D] Keep in time, [Bm] time, [F#m] time with a sort of [E] runic rhyme, [D] From the tempting abulation that [Bm] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bells.
[D]
Hear the [G] sledges with the bells, silver bells, What world of merry men [C] their melody [D] foretells,
How [C] they tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle in [Em] the icy air [A] of night, [Em] All the heavens seem [A] to twinkle with [C] a crystal mean delight.
[D] Keepin' time, [Bm] time, time with [F#m] a sort of rudder [A] grind, [D] From the tint and abulation that [C] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [D] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, bells, From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bell.
Hear the mellow wedding bells, golden bell, What a world of happiness their [C] harmony [D] foretells,
Through [C] the balmy air [A] of night, how they ring out their delight, Through [C] the dances and the yells [G] and the rapture that [A] impels,
[Bm] How it swells, how it [F#m] dwells on the future, [E] how it tells, [D] From the swinging and the ringing [Bm] of the molten [D] golden bell.
Of the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] Of the rhyming [A] and the chiming [D] of the bell.
Hear the loud alarm bells, brazen bells, What a tale of terror now their turbulence details,
Much [Em] too horrified [A] to speak, [Em] oh, they can only [Em] shriek, For all the ears [A] to know how the [G] danger has [A] implodes.
[Bm] Leaping higher, higher, higher [F#m] with a desperate [B] desire, [D] In a glamorous appealing to the mercy [E] of the fire.
[G] With the bells, [A] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, [G] With the glamour and [A] the crying of the [D] bell.
[D]
[E] Hear the tolling of the bells, iron bells, [D] What a world of solemn thought their monody compels,
[A] For all the sound that floats [C] from the rust within [A] our throats, And the people sit and groan [C] in their muffled [A] monotones.
And [Bm] the tolling, tolling, tolling, [F#] fills the glory [A] in the rolling, From [D] the throbbing and the sobbing of [G] the melancholy [D] bells.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, [G] bells, Of the moaning and [A] the groaning of the [D] bell.
Hear the sledges with [G] the bells, silver [D] bells, What a world of merry men [C] their [D] melody foretells,
How they [C] tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle [Em] in the icy [A] air of night, [Bm] All the heavens seem to [A] twinkle with a crystalline delight.
[D] Keep in time, [Bm] time, [F#m] time with a sort of [E] runic rhyme, [D] From the tempting abulation that [Bm] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bells.
Key:
D
A
G
C
Bm
D
A
G
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Hear the [G] sledges with the bells, silver bells, _ _ What world of merry men [C] their melody [D] _ foretells,
How [C] they tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle in [Em] the icy air [A] of night, [Em] All the heavens seem [A] to twinkle with [C] a crystal mean delight.
_ _ [D] Keepin' time, [Bm] time, time with [F#m] a sort of rudder [A] grind, _ [D] From the tint and abulation that [C] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [D] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, bells, From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bell. _
_ _ _ _ Hear the mellow wedding bells, golden bell, _ What a world of happiness their [C] harmony [D] _ foretells,
Through [C] the balmy air [A] of night, how they ring out their delight, Through [C] the dances and the yells [G] and the rapture that [A] impels, _
[Bm] How it swells, how it [F#m] dwells on the future, [E] how it tells, [D] From the swinging and the ringing [Bm] of the molten [D] golden bell.
_ Of the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] Of the rhyming [A] and the chiming [D] of the bell. _ _ _ _ _
Hear the loud alarm bells, brazen bells, _ What a tale of terror now their turbulence details,
Much [Em] too horrified [A] to speak, [Em] oh, they can only [Em] shriek, For all the ears [A] to know how the [G] danger has [A] implodes.
[Bm] Leaping higher, higher, higher [F#m] with a desperate [B] desire, _ [D] In a glamorous appealing to the mercy [E] of the fire.
[G] With the bells, [A] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, [G] With the glamour and [A] the crying of the [D] bell.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] Hear the tolling of the bells, iron bells, _ [D] What a world of solemn thought their monody _ compels,
[A] For all the sound that floats [C] from the rust within [A] our throats, And the people sit and groan [C] in their muffled [A] monotones.
And [Bm] the tolling, tolling, tolling, [F#] fills the glory [A] in the rolling, From [D] the throbbing and the sobbing of [G] the melancholy [D] bells.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, [G] bells, Of the moaning and [A] the groaning of the [D] bell.
_ _ _ _ Hear the sledges with [G] the bells, silver [D] bells, _ What a world of merry men [C] their [D] melody foretells,
How they [C] tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle [Em] in the icy [A] air of night, [Bm] All the heavens seem to [A] twinkle with a crystalline delight. _
[D] Keep in time, [Bm] time, [F#m] time with a sort of [E] runic rhyme, _ [D] From the tempting abulation that [Bm] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bells. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hear the [G] sledges with the bells, silver bells, _ _ What world of merry men [C] their melody [D] _ foretells,
How [C] they tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle in [Em] the icy air [A] of night, [Em] All the heavens seem [A] to twinkle with [C] a crystal mean delight.
_ _ [D] Keepin' time, [Bm] time, time with [F#m] a sort of rudder [A] grind, _ [D] From the tint and abulation that [C] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [D] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, bells, From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bell. _
_ _ _ _ Hear the mellow wedding bells, golden bell, _ What a world of happiness their [C] harmony [D] _ foretells,
Through [C] the balmy air [A] of night, how they ring out their delight, Through [C] the dances and the yells [G] and the rapture that [A] impels, _
[Bm] How it swells, how it [F#m] dwells on the future, [E] how it tells, [D] From the swinging and the ringing [Bm] of the molten [D] golden bell.
_ Of the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] Of the rhyming [A] and the chiming [D] of the bell. _ _ _ _ _
Hear the loud alarm bells, brazen bells, _ What a tale of terror now their turbulence details,
Much [Em] too horrified [A] to speak, [Em] oh, they can only [Em] shriek, For all the ears [A] to know how the [G] danger has [A] implodes.
[Bm] Leaping higher, higher, higher [F#m] with a desperate [B] desire, _ [D] In a glamorous appealing to the mercy [E] of the fire.
[G] With the bells, [A] bells, bells, [G] bells, bells, bells, [G] With the glamour and [A] the crying of the [D] bell.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] Hear the tolling of the bells, iron bells, _ [D] What a world of solemn thought their monody _ compels,
[A] For all the sound that floats [C] from the rust within [A] our throats, And the people sit and groan [C] in their muffled [A] monotones.
And [Bm] the tolling, tolling, tolling, [F#] fills the glory [A] in the rolling, From [D] the throbbing and the sobbing of [G] the melancholy [D] bells.
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, [G] bells, Of the moaning and [A] the groaning of the [D] bell.
_ _ _ _ Hear the sledges with [G] the bells, silver [D] bells, _ What a world of merry men [C] their [D] melody foretells,
How they [C] tinkle, [A] tinkle, tinkle [Em] in the icy [A] air of night, [Bm] All the heavens seem to [A] twinkle with a crystalline delight. _
[D] Keep in time, [Bm] time, [F#m] time with a sort of [E] runic rhyme, _ [D] From the tempting abulation that [Bm] so musically [D] wells,
From [G] the bells, [E] bells, bells, bells, bells, [D] bells, [G] From the jingling and [A] the tinkling of the [D] bells. _ _ _ _ _ _
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