The Bells Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
Hear the [C]sledges with the bells
Silver bells
What a world of merriment
Their [Bb]melody [C]foretells
How [Bb]they tinkle, tinkle, [G]tinkle
In [Bb]the icy air [G]of night
All the [Bb]heavens seem [G]to twinkle
With a crystalline delight
[C]Keeping time, time, time
With a sort of Runic [G]rhyme
From the tin[C]tinnabulation
That so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells,
bells, bells, [F]bells, [C]bells
From [F]the jingling and the tink
[C]ling of the bells

[Verse 2]
[C]
Hear the mellow wedding bells
Golden bells
What a world of happiness
Their harmony foretells
Through [Bb]the balmy air of [G]night
How they [Bb]ring out their delight
[G]Through the[Bb] dances and the[G] yells
And the [Bb]rapture that im[G]pels
How it [C]swells
How it dwells
[Am]On the fut[C]ure
How [G]it tells
From [C]the swinging and the ringing
of the molten golden bells
Of the bells, bells, bells,
bells, bells, [F]bells, [C]bells
Of [F]the rhyming and
[C]the chiming of the bells

[Verse 3]
[C]
Hear the loud alarum bells
Brazen bells
What a tale of terror now
Their turbulency tells
Much too [Bb]horri[G]fied to speak
Oh, [Bb]they can only [G]shriek
For all the ears to know
How [Bb]the danger ebbs and [G]flows
Leaping [C]higher, higher, higher
With a desperate de[G]sire
In [C]a clamorous appealing to
the mer[Bb]cy of the f[C]ire
With the bells, bells, bells,
bells, bells, bells, bells
With the clamor an[F]d
[C]the clanging of the bells

[Verse 4]
[C]
Hear the tolling of the bells
Iron bells
What a world of solemn thought
their monody compels
For all the sound that [G]floats
From [Bb]the rust within our [G]throats
And the [Bb]people sit and [G]groan
In their [Bb]muffled mono[G]tone
And [C]the tolling, tolling, [Am]tolling
Feels [C]a glory in the [G]rolling
From [C]the throbbing and the sobbing
Of [Bb]the melancholy [C]bells
Oh, the bells, [F]bells, [C]bells,
bells, bells, [F]bells, [C]bells
Oh, [F]the moaning and [G]the groan
ing [C]of the bells.

[Verse 5]
[C]
Hear the sledges with the bells
Silver bells
What a world of merriment
Their [Bb]melody [C]foretells
How they [Bb]tinkle, [C]tinkle, [G]tinkle
In the icy air of night
All the heavens seem to twinkle
With [Gm]a crystal[G]line delight
Keeping [C]time, time, time
With a sort of Runic [G]rhyme
From the tin[C]tinnabulation
That so musically wells
From the bells, [C]bells, bells,
[C]bells, bells, bells, bells
From the jingling and
the tinkling of the bell[C]s