Key: Db major
Intro 1
Bm
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
Verse 1
A
The birds
D
Dsus4
D
they sing at the break of day
A
D
Start again, I heard them say
F#
Bm
Don't dwell on what has passed away,
B
Bm
A
Asus4
or what is yet to
D
Asus4
be
A
D
Yeah, the war, they will be fought again
A
D
The holy dove, she will be cut again
F#
Bm
Bought and sold and bought again
Em
A
Asus4
The dove is never free
D
Asus4
D
A
G
C
G
Ring the bells that still can ring
C
G
Forget your perfect offering
Gm
D
There is a crack,
C
G
a crack in everything
Em
That's how the light gets
Esus4
Em
Asus4
A
in
D
We asked for signs,
Dsus4
C
D
the signs were sent
Asus4
A
The birth be trayed,
D
the marriage spent
F#
Yeah, the widowhood of
Bm
every government
Asus4
A
Signs for all to see
D
I can't run no more with
that lawless crowd
A
While the killers in our places
G
D
say their prayers out loud
but they've summoned
F#
they've summoned up
Bm
a thunder cloud
D
A
Am
A
that could hear from me
G
C
G
ring the bell that's still ringing forget
C
G
You can your perfect offer ring
C
D
There is a crack,
C
G
a crack in everything
Em
That's how the light gets in
Esus4
Em
Asus4
A
D
You can add up the parts,
you won't have the soul
A
You can strike up the march,
D
there is no drone
Em
D
F#
Every heart, every heart
D
F#
Bm
to love will come
A
But like a refugee
Asus4
A
G
C
Ring the bells that still can ring
G
C
G
Forget your perfect offering
Asus4
D
There is a crack,
C
G
a crack in everything
That's how the night
Em
Asus4
A
gets in
G
C
Ring a bell that's still to ring
G
C
G
Forget your perfect offering
D
There is a crack,
C
G
a crack in everything
A
That's how the light gets in
Esus4
Em
Em
That's how
Asus4
the light gets in
A
That's how the light gets in
Outro 1
A
A
A
D
D
D
A
D
F#
F#aug
F#
Bm
A
Asus4
D
Asus4
A
D
D
Dsus4
A
D
F#
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