The Bells Of Morning Chords by Stephen Fearing

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_ _ Tonight [F#m] I am speechless, [E] my head is filled with pouring [A] rain, as the darkness [D] falls on Montreal.
[E] _ When violence is shrieking, the city streets will [F#m] run with pain, till [D] the moon can shed
no light at all.
[F#m] I believe that we have fallen [E] in the middle of an old [A] highway, and the past [D] is rolling over us.
_ [A] As men begin to [E] understand what women say, [F#m] they see history reaching out to slaughter
[E] all of us.
[A] So ring the bells of mourning, [E] for sorrow and for shame, [F#m] let them beat well inside each
[D] of us, swell without rage.
[A] Those of us who know [E] what's been before [C#] can't come again, must [F#m] ring the bells, [D] they must
ring the [E] bells of [A] mourning.
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ I [F#] met a man once, he held [D#] himself tighter than a fist, [A] he was hard and fast [Bm] in his inflexibility.
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[A] He was threatened by the future, [C#m] a product of the past, [F#] he was terrified by his [D] own [E] femininity. _
[A] So ring the bells of mourning, [E] we have everything to gain, [F#m] amid those of us who [D] comprehend,
commit our lives in chains.
[A] Though you swear that you can't let [E] yourself be vulnerable [C#] again, [F#m] ring the bells, [D] we must
ring the [E] bells of [A] mourning.
[F#m] And if we can't face ourselves, [D] we will never [A] understand, [F#m] we can learn to make a cradle
[D] with these [A] stubborn hands.
[F#m] And we will hear the echoes [B] from this chastened land, [D] and we'll ring [Bm] the bells [E] of [B] mourning.
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[D] _ _ _ [F#] met a woman once, she told me [G#] she was scared that [A] we might never see the day [C#m] when the violence [D] was overcome.
She [A] said silence is a fuel for fear and [E] ignorance, the broken [F#m] flames that burn the freedom [A] out of everyone.
So ring the bells of mourning, [E] and let none of us pretend, [F#m] for if you walk without silence,
[D] you might never reach the end.
[A] And those of us who know what's [E] been before can't [C#] come again, must [F#m] ring the bells, [D] we
must ring the [E] bells of mourning.
[A] Oh, ring the bells of mourning, [E] ring them loud, ring them long, [F#m] let the mother tongue
string with a [B] peaceful language this song.
[A] Let those ancient voices [E] lead us all into [C#] the dawn, ring [F#m] the bells, [D] ring the [E] bells of [C#] mourning.
Ring [F#m] the bells, [D] ring the [E] bells of [C#] mourning.
Ring [F#m] the bells, [D] ring the [E] bells of _ _ mourning. _ _ _
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