The Bells Of St. Thomas chords by Sting
Intro 1
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Em
Verse 1
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I wake up in Antwerp
Em
In some rich woman's bed
G
There's a man with a hammer
Em
Inside of my head
Verse 2
G
She says, "I couldn't wake you
Em
I thought you were dead
G
But you talked in your sleep
Em
I don't know what you said"
Verse 3
C
I look in the mirror
Em
My eyes bleeding red
C
There's a taste in my mouth
Em
Of stale brandy and lead
Verse 4
C
Don't know how I got here
G
Or if I was led
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B
But I know it's a Sunday
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B
G#m
For the bells in my head
Verse 5
E
As they call to the faithful
C#m
The quick and the dead
G#m
The last days of judgement
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upon us
E
C#m
And the bells on the roof of St. Thomas
G#m
Are calling
Verse 6
G
She says, "are you hungry?
Em
You look underfed"
G
"No, I'd better be going
Em
I'll have coffee instead"
Verse 7
G
"Let me give you some money"
Em
D
I say, "There's no need
G
You don't owe me nothing
Em
It's what we agreed"
Verse 8
C
But the room's like a palace
Em
In a book I once read
C
And the words that I'm thinking
Em
Would be better unsaid
Verse 9
C
I search for my clothes
G
Then she asks if I'll stay
D#m
B
"There's a room for you here
G#m
My husband's away"
Verse 10
E
The bells of St. Thomas
C#m
Are aching with doubt
G#m
They're cracked and they're broken
B
F#sus4
F#
Like the earth in a drought
Verse 11
E
I've searched for their meaning
C#m
I just never found out
G#m
Whatever they're expecting
B
F#
from us
E
C#m
Or why the bells on the roof of St. Thomas
G#m
Are crying
Verse 12
A
I walk to the church,
C#m
F#sus4
though it's empty by now
A
F#m
The roof like an overturned ship,
and a prow
A
F#m
F#sus4
For a pulpit, and there it is up on the wall
A
St. Thomas inspecting
F#m
the wounds for us all
C#m
It's a painting
Verse 13
D
by Rubens
F#m
Painted from life
D
And it's flanked by a rich man
F#m
And his elegant wife
C#m
The
Verse 14
D
wounds we all share
A
And yet still need the proof
Fm
Db
You can feign your indifference
Fm
Bbm
Pretend you're aloof
Verse 15
Gb
But the wounds we're denying
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are there all the same
Bbm
And the bells of St. Thomas
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Ab
are ringing again
Verse 16
Gb
The saint I was named for
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The sceptical brother
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The rich man's wife
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Ab
In the arms of another
Verse 17
Gb
And the ex it wounds
Ebm
Of a love that's gone wrong
Bbm
She said she was leaving
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Db
Ab
But she'd already gone
Verse 18
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F#m
And the last days of judgement
D
are fi nally upon on us
A
And the bells on the roof of St. Thomas
Are calling
The Bells Of St. Thomas
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