The Bells Are Ringing Chords by They Might Be Giants

[C] BONG BONG [D] BONG BONG [Cm] BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG
The bells are ringing, the song they're singing, the sound is [G] bringing the people [C] round!
They hear the instructions, they follow directions, they travel great distances [G] to the [C] sound!
BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG [F] BONG BONG BONG [G] BONG [Cm] BONG BONG BONG
They [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ are persuaded by the music of the [Dm] bells!
They're [C] not responsible [F] for [C] anything they do.
The people [D] [C] know the [F] way to go.
The [C] bells are ringing.
They hear the sound.
[F] _
They hear the _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ sound. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The [Dm] bells are ringing and [C] everyone's walking with [F] arms extended [G] in a [C] trance
Or [Dm] getting there and watching them [C] like nut children, they're [F] dropping all businesses [G] at [Am] hand
All [Dm] voices telling [C] them to act a [F] different [Dm] way
They [C] tilt their heads so [F] they won't miss what [G] it will [Am] say
And [Dm] when it's [Am] so, [F] there's this to know
The [G] bells are ringing, they [C] hear the sound
The [Dm] bells are ringing, the [C] song they're singing
The [F] sound is bringing the [G] people [C] round
They [Dm] hear the instructions, they [C] follow directions
They [F] travel great distances [G] to the [Am] sound
They [Dm] are persuaded [C] by the music [F] of the [Dm] bells
They're [C] not responsible [F] for anything [G] they [Am] do
The [Dm] people [C] know the [Dm] way to [F] go
The [G] bells are ringing, they [C] hear the _ sound
[F] _ A girl with cotton in [C] her ear _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ Is shielded from the bells' [G] effects
_ _ _ As _ _
[A] _ _ if by hidden [Dm] signal
The people turn to face [F] her
One thousand eyes are [G] staring, they pull away her [C] tiptoes
The bells are pealing and they're revealing a [F] simple key to [G] happiness
[C] It isn't good, it isn't good, it's [F] only what the [G] people [Am] miss
The [Dm] bells explain what [C] they've been lacking [F] all [Dm] along
They [C] were [F] disorganized and that was [G] what was [Am] wrong
And [Dm] now they [C] know the [Dm] way to [F] go
The [G] bells are ringing, they [C] hear the sound
The [Dm] bells are ringing, the [C] song they're singing
The sound is [F] bringing the [G] people [C] round
They hear [D] the instructions, they [C] follow directions
They [F] travel great distances [G] to the [C] sound
The [Dm] bells are ringing, the [C] song they're singing
The [F] sound is bringing the [G] people round
The bells [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] are ringing, [G] _ _
[C] the [Dm] _ [C] song [F] they're singing
[G] _ [C] The sound is bringing the people round
They _ travel great [F] distances [G] to the sound
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