Ringing of Revolution
Ringing of Revolution

Ringing of Revolution easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • G

  • C#

    4
  • F#

    2
  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • Bbm

  • D

  • G

  • C#

    4
  • F#

    2
  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • Bbm

  • Intro 1






    Verse 1
    In 
    building 
    of 
    gold, 
    with 
    riches 
    un
    told, 

    Lived 
    the 
    families 
    on 
    which 
    the 

    country 
    was 
    founded. 

    And 
    the 
    merchants 
    of 
    style, 

    with their 
    red 
    velvet 
    smiles, 

    Were there, 
    for they 
    also 

    were 
    hounded. 

    Verse 2
    And the 
    soft 
    middle 
    class 

    crowded 
    in 
    to the 
    last, 

    For 
    the building 
    was 
    fully 
    sur
    rounded. 

    And 
    the noise 
    out
    side 
    was 
    the 

    ringing 
    of 
    revolu
    tion. 

    Sadly 
    they 
    stared 
    an

    d sank 
    in their 
    chairs 

    Verse 3
    And 
    searched 
    for 
    comforting 
    no
    tion. 

    And 
    the 
    rich 
    silver 
    walls 
    looked 
    ready 
    to 
    fall 

    As 
    they 
    shook 
    in 
    doubt
    ful 
    devo
    tion. 

    The 
    ice 
    cubes 
    would clink 
    as 

    they 
    freshened 
    their 
    drinks, 

    Wet 
    their minds 
    Verse 4
    in bitter 
    emo
    tion. 

    And 
    they talked 
    about 
    the 
    ringing 

    of 
    re
    volution. 

    We were 
    hardly 
    aware 
    of 
    the hard

    ships 
    they 
    beared, 

    For our 
    time 
    was 
    taken 
    with treasure. 

    Verse 5
    Oh, 
    life 
    was 
    game, 

    an
    d work 
    was 
    a shame, 

    And pain 
    was 
    prevented 

    by 
    pleasure. 

    The world, 
    cold 
    and 
    grey, 
    was so 
    far 
    away 

    In 
    the 
    dis
    tance 
    only 

    money 
    could 
    measure. 

    But 
    their 
    Verse 6
    thoughts 
    were 
    broken 
    by 
    the 
    ringing 

    of 
    re
    volution. 

    The clouds 
    filled 
    the room 
    in darkening 
    doom 

    As the crooked 
    smoke 

    rings 
    were 
    rising. 

    How 
    long 
    will 
    it 
    take, 
    how 
    can 
    we escape 

    Someone 
    Verse 7
    asks, 

    but 
    no one's 
    ad
    vising. 

    And 
    the 
    quivering 
    floor 

    re
    sponds 
    to the 
    roar, 

    In a shake 
    no 
    longer 

    sur
    pris
    ing. 

    As 
    closer 
    and 
    closer 
    comes 

    the ringing 
    of 
    re
    volution. 

    Verse 8

    Softly 
    they 
    moan, 
    please 
    leave 
    us 
    alone 

    As back 
    and forth 
    they are 
    pa
    cing. 

    And 
    they 
    cov
    er 
    their 
    ears 

    and try 
    not 
    to 
    hear 

    With pillows 
    of 
    silk 
    they're 

    em
    bra
    cing. 

    And the 
    Verse 9
    crack
    ling 
    crowd 

    is 
    laugh
    ing out 
    loud, 

    Peeking 
    in 
    at 
    the tar
    get 

    they're 
    chasing. 

    Now 
    trem
    bling 
    in
    side 
    the ringing 

    of 
    revolu
    tion. 

    With 
    compromise 
    sway 
    we 

    give 
    in 
    half 
    way 

    Verse 10
    When we 
    saw 
    that 
    re

    bellion 
    was 
    growing. 

    Now 
    everything's 
    lost 
    as 

    they 
    kneel 
    by 
    the cross 

    Where 
    the blood 
    of christ 

    is 
    still 
    flowing. 

    To late 
    for their 
    sorrow 
    they've 

    reached 
    their 
    to
    morrow 

    Verse 11
    And 
    reaped 
    the seed 
    they 
    were 
    sowing. 

    Now 
    harvested 
    by 
    the 
    ringing 

    of 
    revolu
    tion. 

    In 
    tattered 
    tuxedos 
    they 

    faced 
    the new 
    heroes 

    And 
    crawled 
    about 
    in 
    confu
    sion. 

    And 
    they 
    Verse 12
    sheep
    ishly 
    grinned 
    for 

    their 
    memoroes were dim 

    Of 
    the dec
    ades 
    of dark 
    execu
    tion. 

    Hollow 
    hands 
    were 
    raised; they stood 

    there 
    amazed 

    In the 
    shattering 
    of 
    their 
    illu
    sions. 

    As 
    the 
    Verse 13
    windows 
    were smashed 
    by 

    the 
    ringing 
    of 
    re
    volution. 

    Down 
    on our 
    knees 
    we're 
    begging 
    you 
    please, 


    We're 
    sorry 
    for 
    the 
    way 

    you 
    were driven. 

    There's 
    no 
    need 
    to 
    taunt 
    just 

    take 
    what 
    you 
    want, 

    And we'll 
    make 
    Verse 14
    amends, 
    if 
    we're 
    living. 

    But 
    away 
    from 
    the 
    grounds 

    the flames 
    told 
    the 
    town 

    That 
    only 
    the dead 
    are 
    for
    given. 

    As they 
    crumbled 
    in
    side 
    the 

    ringing 
    of 
    revolu
    tion. 


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