Key: C major
Verse 1
Am
C
F
They used to think the
C
Am
F
swallows were living underwater
Fm
C
Dm
C
All through the winter when they were
F
G
C
F
C
missing from the trees
F
C
They used to think the geese
Am
F
budded from the branches
Dm
Am
Each gentle sunny spring when
F
G
C
they came back again
F
C
they have always heard
Dm
Am
F
The ringing of the bells that echo
G
C
through the earth
Verse 2
C
F
C
The monarch butterflies in their
Am
F
cloud of orange wings
Fm
C
And all the golden eels
F
G
C
swimming through the sea
F
C
They are following a path
Am
F
to places never seen
Fm
C
They see the secret map the
F
G
C
moon draws on the sea
F
C
they have always heard
Dm
Am
F
G
The ringing of the bells that echo through the
C
earth
Interlude 1
C
Csus4
C
Am
F
Fm
C
F
G
C
Verse 3
C
F
C
But the airplanes overhead
Am
F
hang heavy in the air
Fm
C
And all the shiny cars,
F
G
C
they circle in despair
G
F
"Where am I?" they cry "where are you,
Dm
Am
F
G
But they will never hear the bells that ring to
C
night
Outro 1
C
F
Fm
C
C
E
F
Fm
G
C
G
C
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