Chords for The Bells of St. Thomas
Tempo:
144.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Gb
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Ab
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] I wake up in Antwerp in [Gb] some rich woman's bed
There's [A] a man with a hammer [Gbm] inside of my head
She [A] says, I couldn't wake you, [Gb] I thought you were dead
But you [A] talked and you sleep, I don't [Gbm] know what you said
[D] I look in the mirror, [Dbm] my eyes bleeding red
[Gb] There's a taste [D] in my mouth of [Gbm] stale brandy and lead
[D] Don't know how I got here, [A] or if I was [E] led
But I [Fm] know it's [Db] a Sunday, [Bbm] for the bells in my head
As [Db] they call to the faithful, [Gb] [Ebm] quicken the dead
[Bbm] The last day is the judgment upon [Db] us
[Ab] [Gb] And the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas are [Bbm] calling
She
[A] says, are you hungry?
[Gb] You look underfed
No, [A] I'd better be going, [Gbm] I'll have coffee instead
[A] Let me give you some money, [Gb] I say there's no need
You [A] don't owe me nothing, [Gbm] it's what we agreed
[D] But the rules are like a palace [Gbm] in a book I once read
[D] And the words that I'm thinking would [Gbm] be better unsaid
[D] I search for my clothes, [A] then she asks if I'll stay
[Db] There's a room for you here, [Bbm] my husband's away
[Gb] The bells of St.
Thomas [Ebm] are aching with doubt
[Bbm] They're cracked and they're broken like the [Db] earth in a drought
[Ab] [Gb] I've searched for their meaning, I [Ebm] just never found out
[Bbm] Whatever they're expecting from [Ab] us
Or [Gb] why the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas are [Bbm] crying
I've
[B] walked to the church, though [Ab] it's empty by now
[B] The roof like an overturned [Abm] ship
And I'll prowl for [B] a pulpit and there it is
[Abm] Up on the [Ab] wall, [B] St.
Thomas inspecting
[Abm] The wounds for us all
[B] It's a painting by Rubens, [Ebm] [Abm] painted from life
[B] And it's flanked by a rich man [Eb] and his elegant wife
[E] The wounds we all share and [B] yet still need the proof
[Gm] You can feign your [Eb] indifference, [Cm] pretend you're aloof
[Ab] But those we're denying, [Fm] but they're all the same
[Cm] And the bells of St.
Thomas [Bb] are ringing again
The [Ab] saint I was named for, [F] the skeptical brother
[Cm] The rich man's [C] wife [Bb] in the arms of another
And [Ab] the exit wounds of a [Fm] love that's gone wrong
She [Cm] said she was leaving, [Bb] but she'd already gone
[Ab] And the last days of judgement [E] are finally upon us
[Bm] And the bells on the roof of [B] St.
Thomas are calling
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[A] I wake up in Antwerp in [Gb] some rich woman's bed
There's [A] a man with a hammer [Gbm] inside of my head
She [A] says, I couldn't wake you, [Gb] I thought you were dead
But you [A] talked and you sleep, I don't [Gbm] know what you said
[D] I look in the mirror, [Dbm] my eyes bleeding red
[Gb] There's a taste [D] in my mouth of [Gbm] stale brandy and lead
[D] Don't know how I got here, [A] or if I was [E] led
But I [Fm] know it's [Db] a Sunday, [Bbm] for the bells in my head
As [Db] they call to the faithful, [Gb] [Ebm] quicken the dead
[Bbm] The last day is the judgment upon [Db] us
[Ab] [Gb] And the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas are [Bbm] calling
She
[A] says, are you hungry?
[Gb] You look underfed
No, [A] I'd better be going, [Gbm] I'll have coffee instead
[A] Let me give you some money, [Gb] I say there's no need
You [A] don't owe me nothing, [Gbm] it's what we agreed
[D] But the rules are like a palace [Gbm] in a book I once read
[D] And the words that I'm thinking would [Gbm] be better unsaid
[D] I search for my clothes, [A] then she asks if I'll stay
[Db] There's a room for you here, [Bbm] my husband's away
[Gb] The bells of St.
Thomas [Ebm] are aching with doubt
[Bbm] They're cracked and they're broken like the [Db] earth in a drought
[Ab] [Gb] I've searched for their meaning, I [Ebm] just never found out
[Bbm] Whatever they're expecting from [Ab] us
Or [Gb] why the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas are [Bbm] crying
I've
[B] walked to the church, though [Ab] it's empty by now
[B] The roof like an overturned [Abm] ship
And I'll prowl for [B] a pulpit and there it is
[Abm] Up on the [Ab] wall, [B] St.
Thomas inspecting
[Abm] The wounds for us all
[B] It's a painting by Rubens, [Ebm] [Abm] painted from life
[B] And it's flanked by a rich man [Eb] and his elegant wife
[E] The wounds we all share and [B] yet still need the proof
[Gm] You can feign your [Eb] indifference, [Cm] pretend you're aloof
[Ab] But those we're denying, [Fm] but they're all the same
[Cm] And the bells of St.
Thomas [Bb] are ringing again
The [Ab] saint I was named for, [F] the skeptical brother
[Cm] The rich man's [C] wife [Bb] in the arms of another
And [Ab] the exit wounds of a [Fm] love that's gone wrong
She [Cm] said she was leaving, [Bb] but she'd already gone
[Ab] And the last days of judgement [E] are finally upon us
[Bm] And the bells on the roof of [B] St.
Thomas are calling
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_ _ [A] I wake up in Antwerp in [Gb] some rich woman's bed
There's [A] a man with a hammer _ _ [Gbm] inside of my head
_ She [A] says, I couldn't wake you, _ [Gb] I thought you were dead
But you [A] talked and you sleep, _ I don't [Gbm] know what you said
_ _ [D] I look in the mirror, _ _ [Dbm] my eyes bleeding red
[Gb] There's a taste [D] in my mouth of [Gbm] stale brandy and lead
_ [D] Don't know how I got here, _ [A] or if I was [E] led
But I [Fm] know it's [Db] a Sunday, _ [Bbm] for the bells in my head
As [Db] they call to the faithful, [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] quicken the dead
_ _ [Bbm] The last day is the judgment upon [Db] us _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] And the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas _ are _ [Bbm] _ calling
_ She _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] says, are you hungry?
_ [Gb] You look underfed
No, [A] I'd better be going, _ _ [Gbm] I'll have coffee instead
_ [A] Let me give you some money, _ [Gb] I say there's no need
_ You [A] don't owe me nothing, _ [Gbm] it's what we agreed
[D] But the rules are like a palace [Gbm] in a book I once read
_ [D] And the words that I'm thinking would [Gbm] be better unsaid
_ [D] I search for my clothes, [A] then she asks if I'll stay
_ [Db] There's a room for you here, _ [Bbm] my husband's away
_ [Gb] The bells of St.
Thomas [Ebm] are aching with doubt
_ [Bbm] They're cracked and they're broken like the [Db] earth in a drought
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] I've searched for their meaning, I [Ebm] just never found out
_ _ [Bbm] Whatever they're expecting from [Ab] us _ _
_ Or [Gb] why the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas _ are _ [Bbm] crying _
_ I've _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] walked to the church, though [Ab] it's empty by now
_ [B] The roof like an overturned [Abm] ship
And I'll prowl for [B] a pulpit and there it is
_ [Abm] Up on the [Ab] wall, _ [B] St.
Thomas inspecting
[Abm] The wounds for us all
_ [B] It's a painting by Rubens, [Ebm] [Abm] painted from life
[B] And it's flanked by a rich man [Eb] and his elegant wife
_ _ [E] The wounds we all share and [B] yet still need the proof
[Gm] You can feign your [Eb] indifference, _ [Cm] pretend you're aloof
_ [Ab] But those we're denying, _ [Fm] but they're all the same
[Cm] And the bells of St.
Thomas [Bb] are ringing again
_ The [Ab] saint I was named for, [F] the skeptical brother
_ [Cm] The rich man's [C] wife [Bb] in the arms of another
_ And [Ab] the exit wounds _ of a [Fm] love that's gone wrong
She [Cm] said she was leaving, [Bb] but she'd already gone
_ _ [Ab] And the last days of judgement [E] are finally upon us
[Bm] And the bells on the roof of [B] St.
Thomas _ _ _ are calling _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] I wake up in Antwerp in [Gb] some rich woman's bed
There's [A] a man with a hammer _ _ [Gbm] inside of my head
_ She [A] says, I couldn't wake you, _ [Gb] I thought you were dead
But you [A] talked and you sleep, _ I don't [Gbm] know what you said
_ _ [D] I look in the mirror, _ _ [Dbm] my eyes bleeding red
[Gb] There's a taste [D] in my mouth of [Gbm] stale brandy and lead
_ [D] Don't know how I got here, _ [A] or if I was [E] led
But I [Fm] know it's [Db] a Sunday, _ [Bbm] for the bells in my head
As [Db] they call to the faithful, [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] quicken the dead
_ _ [Bbm] The last day is the judgment upon [Db] us _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] And the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas _ are _ [Bbm] _ calling
_ She _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] says, are you hungry?
_ [Gb] You look underfed
No, [A] I'd better be going, _ _ [Gbm] I'll have coffee instead
_ [A] Let me give you some money, _ [Gb] I say there's no need
_ You [A] don't owe me nothing, _ [Gbm] it's what we agreed
[D] But the rules are like a palace [Gbm] in a book I once read
_ [D] And the words that I'm thinking would [Gbm] be better unsaid
_ [D] I search for my clothes, [A] then she asks if I'll stay
_ [Db] There's a room for you here, _ [Bbm] my husband's away
_ [Gb] The bells of St.
Thomas [Ebm] are aching with doubt
_ [Bbm] They're cracked and they're broken like the [Db] earth in a drought
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] I've searched for their meaning, I [Ebm] just never found out
_ _ [Bbm] Whatever they're expecting from [Ab] us _ _
_ Or [Gb] why the bells on the roof of St.
[Ebm] Thomas _ are _ [Bbm] crying _
_ I've _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] walked to the church, though [Ab] it's empty by now
_ [B] The roof like an overturned [Abm] ship
And I'll prowl for [B] a pulpit and there it is
_ [Abm] Up on the [Ab] wall, _ [B] St.
Thomas inspecting
[Abm] The wounds for us all
_ [B] It's a painting by Rubens, [Ebm] [Abm] painted from life
[B] And it's flanked by a rich man [Eb] and his elegant wife
_ _ [E] The wounds we all share and [B] yet still need the proof
[Gm] You can feign your [Eb] indifference, _ [Cm] pretend you're aloof
_ [Ab] But those we're denying, _ [Fm] but they're all the same
[Cm] And the bells of St.
Thomas [Bb] are ringing again
_ The [Ab] saint I was named for, [F] the skeptical brother
_ [Cm] The rich man's [C] wife [Bb] in the arms of another
_ And [Ab] the exit wounds _ of a [Fm] love that's gone wrong
She [Cm] said she was leaving, [Bb] but she'd already gone
_ _ [Ab] And the last days of judgement [E] are finally upon us
[Bm] And the bells on the roof of [B] St.
Thomas _ _ _ are calling _ _ _ _
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