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Ringing of Revolution chords by 
Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In a building of gold, with riches untold,
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Lived the families on which the
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country was founded.
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And the merchants of style,
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with their red velvet smiles,
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Were there, for they also
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were hounded.
Verse 2
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And the soft middle class
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crowded in to the last,
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For the building was fully surrounded.
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And the noise outside was the
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ringing of revolution.
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Sadly they stared an
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d sank in their chairs
Verse 3
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And searched for a comforting notion.
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And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall
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As they shook in doubtful devotion.
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The ice cubes would clink as
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they freshened their drinks,
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Wet their minds
Verse 4
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in bitter emotion.
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And they talked about the ringing
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of re volution.
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We were hardly aware of the hard
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ships they beared,
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For our time was taken with treasure.
Verse 5
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Oh, life was a game,
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an d work was a shame,
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And pain was prevented
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by pleasure.
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The world, cold and grey, was so far away
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In the distance only
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money could measure.
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But their
Verse 6
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thoughts were broken by the ringing
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of revolution.
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The clouds filled the room in darkening doom
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As the crooked smoke
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rings were rising.
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How long will it take, how can we escape
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Someone
Verse 7
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asks,
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but no one's ad vising.
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And the quivering floor
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responds to the roar,
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In a shake no longer
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F#m
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surpris ing.
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As closer and closer comes
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the ringing of re volution.
Verse 8
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Softly they moan, please leave us alone
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As back and forth they are pacing.
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And they cov er their ears
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and try not to hear
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With pillows of silk they're
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em bracing.
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And the
Verse 9
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crackling crowd
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is laughing out loud,
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Bbm
Peeking in at the target
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they're chasing.
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Now trembling in side the ringing
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of revolution.
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With compromise sway we
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give in half way
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Verse 10
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When we saw that re
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bellion was growing.
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Now everything's lost as
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they kneel by the cross
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Where the blood of christ
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is still flowing.
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To late for their sorrow they've
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reached their tomorrow
Verse 11
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And reaped the seed they were sowing.
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Now harvested by the ringing
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of revolution.
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In tattered tuxedos they
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faced the new heroes
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And crawled about in confusion.
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And they
Verse 12
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sheepishly grinned for
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their memoroes were dim
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Of the decades of dark execution.
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Hollow hands were raised; they stood
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there amazed
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In the shattering of their illusions.
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As the
Verse 13
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windows were smashed by
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the ringing of revolution.
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Down on our knees we're begging you please,
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We're sorry for the way
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you were driven.
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There's no need to taunt just
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take what you want,
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And we'll make
Verse 14
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amends, if we're living.
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But away from the grounds
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the flames told the town
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That only the dead are forgiven.
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As they crumbled inside the
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ringing of revolu tion.
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