Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells

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ring them bells – bob dylan
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

bob dylan
ring them bells ( 1989 )
( bob dylan )

from : “oh mercy”

following the main vocal line , dylan plays a lot of changes on the piano on
his recording that are hard to do on a guitar . i skipped most of them for
this tab and stuck to the underlying chord ( mostly C ) .

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chords

E – A – D – G – B – E
F/A x – 0 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1
G/B x – 2 – 0 – 0 – 3 – 3
F/G 3 – x – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1

abaug 4 – x – 2 – 1 – 1 –
xc/G 3 – x – 2 – 0 – 1 – 0
[ ch ] D9/F# [ /Ch ] 2 – x – 0 – 2 – 1 – 0
Fmaj7 ( t ) 1 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
C/E 0 ( 3 ) 2 – 0 – 1 – 0

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capo 1st fret

| C | C G | Am | Am F/A G/B | C | % |

C
ring them bells , ye heathen
F/A C
from the city that dreams
C
ring them bells from the sanctuaries
F/G
cross the valleys and streams
F C
for theyre deep and theyre wide
C F
and the worlds on its side
C
and time is running backwards
F/G C
and so is the bride

| F/A F/A G/B | C | % |

C
ring them bells st . peter
F/A C
where the four winds blow
C
ring them bells with an iron hand
F/G
so the people will know
F C
oh its rush hour now
C F
on the wheel and the plow
C
and the sun is going down
F/G C
upon the sacred cow

| F/A F/A G/B | C | % |

C
ring them bells sweet martha
F/G C
for the poor mans son
C
ring them bells so the world will know
G
that god is one
F C
oh the shepherd is asleep
C F
where the willows weep
C
and the mountains are filled
F/G C
with lost sheep

Am C
ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Am C
ring them bells for all of us who are left
Am abaug
ring them bells for the chosen few
C/G [ ch ] D9/F# [ /Ch ]
who will judge the many when the game is through
F [ maj7 ] C/E
ring them bells , for the time that flies
Dm7
for the child that cries
F/G
when innocence dies

C
ring them bells st . catherine
F/G C
from the top of the room
C
ring them from the fortress
F/G
for the lilies that bloom
F C
oh the lines are long
C F
and the fighting is strong
C
and theyre breaking down the distance
F/G C
between right and wrong

outro
| G | F | G | F |
| C | % | F/G C