Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 49: Bells Are Ringing

_ _ _ Hi everyone, welcome back to Songs from Home.
_ _ Angus wants his toy.
He's just been racing around decorating the house for the holidays.
And he's full of beans, as they say.
And White Kitty, she's been decorating the house too, and she's exhausted. _
She's taking a nap right now.
_ _ But it is the holiday season, _ so you see my little tabletop tree.
And it's going to be a different holiday, as we said about Thanksgiving.
_ But there is a light on the horizon.
And if we can just stay patient, it will come.
So everybody, you know how I feel about it.
You read my hashtags.
But _ _ I will _ _ just say thank you so much to all of you for your [Eb] incredible enthusiasm for One Night Lonely.
It was such a joy _ [D] to perform that concert.
And I won't soon forget it.
And I just want to say thank you for your incredible response.
[Eb] And moving right along, this is a song for this season. _ _ _ _
And even though _ I wrote it many years [N] ago after a USO trip to the Balkans with Secretary of Defense William Cohen,
I remember _ it was Christmas Eve and being in a [D] Quonset hut singing Christmas carols with the servicemen and women
who serve our country so bravely and courageously.
_ It was such an [N] honor to be with them that night.
_ And after I _ [Eb] came home, I wrote [Bb] this song about that experience.
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And it speaks to me somehow about the times we're in now, which is a funny [Eb] thing how songs do that.
But they do.
And I'll never [Bb] forget [Eb] it.
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No [Eb] presents, _ [Ab] no candy, [Bb] no tree, [Eb] no stockings hung [Ab] by the fire.
[Bb] _ [Eb] No parties, _ [Ab] no family [Bb] to greet, [Eb] no angels heavenly [Ab] quiet.
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] Bells are ringing [Eb] _ [C] all over the world.
[Bb] Bells are [Eb] ringing calling [Ab] the light.
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Bells are ringing [C] all over the world.
[Ab] All [Bb] over the world [Eb] _
[Bb] tonight.
No [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ doorways, [Ab] no [Bb] windows, no walls, [Eb] no shelter here on [Ab] the ground.
[Bb] _ [Eb] No standing _ and [Ab] no safe place [Bb] to fall.
[Eb] Just promise this [Ab] distant [Bb] sound.
_ [Ab] Bells are ringing [Eb] _
_ [C] all over the world.
[Bb] Bells are [Eb] ringing [Ab] calling the light.
_ [Bb] Bells are [Eb] ringing [F] all over the world.
[Ab] All over [Bb] the world [Ab] _ [Eb] tonight.
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Wherever _ [Ab] you're [Bb] walking tonight, _
[Eb] whoever you're waiting [Ab] for,
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_ [Eb] _ somehow _ [Ab] by the [Bb] stable's faint light, [Eb] peace in your heart [F] is [Gm] restored.
_ [Ab] Bells are [Eb] ringing _
[F] all over the world.
Bells are [Eb] ringing calling [Ab] the light.
_ _ [Bb] Bells are ringing _ [C] all over the world.
[Ab] All over [Bb] the world.
[Ab] Bells are ringing [F] _ all over the world.
Bells [Bb] are ringing [Eb] calling [Ab] the light.
_ [Bb]
Bells are [Eb] ringing [F] all over the world.
[Ab] All over [Bb] the world _ [Eb] _ _
tonight.
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] That's it from us, everybody.
Thank you so much for tuning back in.
Angus, Sleeping White Kitty, and I all say thank you.
And we will see you the next time.
And until then, you know exactly what to do.
Stay well.
Stay strong.
Wear [Dm] your mask everywhere.
Carry on.
And always, stay mighty.
_ _ Bye.
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