Ringing of Revolution Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
In a [C#]building of [D]gold, with riches un[C#]told,
[F#]Lived the fami[C#]lies on whic[D]h the
[G]country was [D]founded.[G]
And the [D]merchants of [G]style,
[D]with their red [C#]velvet [G]smiles,
[D]Were there, for they also
were [A]hounded.

[Verse 2]
And the [D]soft middle [C#]class
[F#]crowded in t[C#]o the[D] last,
[G]For the[D] building was ful[Bm]ly surrou[F#m]nded.
[D]And the noise out[G]side was the
[D]ringing of [A]revolu[D]tion.
Sadly they stared [Bm]an
[D]d sank [C#]in their [G]chairs

[Verse 3]
And [D]searched for a [G]comforting no[D]tion.[G]
And the [D]rich silver walls looked ready to fall
[F#]As they [G]shoo[D]k in doubtful [C#]devot[D]ion.[A]
[D]The ice cubes [G]would clink as
they [D]freshened their drinks,
[G]Wet their minds

[Verse 4]
[D]in bitter emotio[F#m]n.
And [D]they talked [G]about the [D]ringing
of [A]re [D]volution.[A][D]
We were [C#]hardly [G]aware of the hard
[D]shi[C#]ps the[D]y bea[G]red[F#],[G]
For our [D]time was [G]taken [D]with treasure.[G]

[Verse 5]
Oh, [C#]life [D]was a [G]game,
[D]an [C#]d work was [G]a shame,
[D]And pain was prevented
by [A]pleasure.
[D]The world, cold and grey, was so far [G]away
In the [D]dis[C#]tance only
money [D]could [F#m]measure.
But [C#]their

[Verse 6]
thoughts were [F#]broken [G]by the [D]ringing
[A]of re[D]volution.[A][D][C#]
The clouds filled the room [D]in darkening [C#]doom
[G]As [D]the crooked smo[G]ke
rings were [D]rising.[G]
[D]How long [C#]will it [F#]take, how [C#]can we escape
[F#]Someone

[Verse 7]
[D]asks,
but [F#]no one's [D]ad [A]vising.
And the [D]quivering [G]floor
re[C#]sponds to the roar,
[G]In [D]a shake no [C#]longer
[D]sur[F#m]pris i[C#]ng.[F#m]
As [D]closer and [G]closer comes
[D]the ringing of [A]re [D]volution.

[Verse 8]
[D]
[C#]Softly [D]they [Bbm]moan, please [C#]leave us alone
[G]As [D]back and[G] forth they are pacin[D]g.[G]
And [D]they [C#]cov e[D]r their [G]ears
[C#]and try not to [G]hear
[D]With pillows of silk [Bm]they're
[D]em bra[A]cing.
[D]And the

[Verse 9]
crack[C#]ling [D]cro[G]wd
[D]is laugh[C#]ing out loud,
[F#]Peeking in a[C#]t the target[Bbm]
[G]they're [F#m]chasing.
Now trem[C#]bling [D]in [G]sid[D]e the ringing
[A]of revolu[D]tion.[A][D]
[C#]With compromise sway[G] we
[D]give in half [C#]way[F#]
[G]

[Verse 10]
When we [D]saw that [G]re
bellion was [D]growing.[G]
Now [D]everything's [G]lost as
they [C#]kneel by [D]the cross
[G]Where the[D] blood of christ
is still [A]flowing.
[D]To late for their sorrow they've
reached their to[C#]morrow

[Verse 11]
[D]And reaped [Bm]the seed [Bbm]they were s[F#m]owing.
Now [C#]harvested [G]by the [D]ringing
[A]of revolu[D]tion.[A][D]
[C#]In tattered tu[F#]xedos th[Bbm]ey
[C#]faced [D]the new her[G]oes
And [D]crawled [G]about in confu[D]sion.
[G]And the[D]y

[Verse 12]
sheep[C#]ishly grinned [F#]for
[G]their [C#]memo[D]roes were dim
[G]Of [C#]the dec[D]ades of dark execu[A]tion.
[D]Hollow hands [G]were [D]raised; they stood
there [G]amazed
In the [C#]shattering [Bbm]of their ill[D]usio[F#m]ns.
[D]As the

[Verse 13]
[C#]windows [G]were smashed by
the [D]ringing [A]of re[D]volution.
Down on our [G]knees [D]we're begging [C#]you please,
[F#]
[G]We're sor[D]ry for the way[G]
you [D]were driven.[G]
[D]There's no need [C#]to taunt just
[D]take what you [G]want,
And we'll [D]make

[Verse 14]
amends, if we're [A]living.
[D]But away from the grounds
[C#]the flames told the town
That [C#]only [Bbm]the dead are [D]for[F#m]given.
[C#]As they crumbled in[G]side the
[D]ringing of [A]revolu[D] tion.