The  Bells Of St. Thomas

The Bells Of St. Thomas easy guitar chords by Sting

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D#m

    6
  • B

    2
  • G#m

    4
  • E

  • C#m

    4
  • F#sus4

    2
  • F#

    2
  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Fm

  • Db

    4
  • Bbm

  • Gb

    2
  • Ebm

    6
  • Ab

    4
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D#m

    6
  • B

    2
  • G#m

    4
  • E

  • C#m

    4
  • F#sus4

    2
  • F#

    2
  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Fm

  • Db

    4
  • Bbm

  • Gb

    2
  • Ebm

    6
  • Ab

    4
  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    wake 
    up in 
    Antwerp 

    In 
    some 
    rich woman's 
    bed 

    There's a man 
    with 
    a hammer 

    Inside 
    of my 
    head 

    Verse 2
    She 
    says, 
    "I 
    couldn't 
    wake you 

    thought 
    you were dead 

    But you talked 
    in 
    your sleep 

    I don't know 
    what 
    you said" 

    Verse 3
    look 
    in the mirror 

    My 
    eyes 
    bleeding 
    red 

    There's 
    a taste 
    in 
    my mouth 

    Of 
    stale 
    brandy 
    and 
    lead 

    Verse 4
    Don't 
    know 
    how I 
    got 
    here 

    Or if 
    was led 

    But I know 
    it's a Sunday 

    For 
    the bell
    in my head 

    Verse 5
    As they call 
    to the faithful 

    The 
    quick 
    and the dead 

    The 
    last 
    days 
    of judgement 

    upon 
    us 

    And 
    the 
    bells 
    on 
    the 
    roof 
    of St. 
    Thomas 

    Are 
    calling 

    Verse 6
    She 
    says, 
    "are you hungry? 

    You 
    look underfed" 

    "No, 
    I'd bet
    ter be 
    going 

    I'll 
    have cof
    fee instead" 

    Verse 7
    "Let me 
    give you 
    some 
    money" 

    say, "There's 
    no 
    need 

    You 
    don't owe 
    me nothing 

    It's 
    what we 
    agreed" 

    Verse 8
    But the 
    room's 
    like 
    a palace 

    In a book 
    I once 
    read 

    And 
    the 
    words 
    that I'm 
    thinking 

    Would 
    be bet
    ter 
    unsaid 

    Verse 9
    search 
    for my 
    clothes 

    Then 
    she 
    asks 
    if I'll 
    stay 

    "There's 
    room for 
    you here 

    My 
    husband's 
    away" 

    Verse 10
    The 
    bells 
    of St. 
    Thomas 

    Are 
    aching 
    with 
    doubt 

    They're 
    cracked 
    and they're 
    broken 

    Like 
    the 
    earth 
    in 
    a drought 

    Verse 11
    I've 
    searched 
    for their 
    meaning 

    I just 
    never 
    found 
    out 

    Whatever 
    they're 
    expecting 

    from us 

    Or why the 
    bells 
    on 
    the 
    roof 
    of St. 
    Thomas 

    Are 
    crying 

    Verse 12
    I walk 
    to 
    the church, 

    though 
    it's 
    empty 
    by 
    now 

    The 
    roof 
    like 
    an overturned 
    ship, 

    and 
    a prow 

    For 
    a pul
    pit, 
    and there 
    it is 
    up on 
    the wall 

    St. 
    Thomas 
    inspecting 

    the wound
    for us 
    all 

    It's 
    a painting 
    Verse 13
    by 
    Rubens 

    Painted 
    from 
    life 

    And it's flanked 
    by 
    a rich 
    man 

    And his eleg
    ant 
    wife 

    The 
    Verse 14
    wounds 
    we 
    all share 

    And 
    yet 
    still 
    need 
    the proof 

    You can feign 
    your 
    indif
    ference 

    Pre
    tend 
    you're aloof 

    Verse 15
    But the 
    wounds 
    we're denying 

    are 
    there 
    all the same 

    And the 
    bells 
    of St. 
    Thomas 

    are 
    ringing 
    again 

    Verse 16
    The 
    saint 
    I was 
    named 
    for 

    The scep
    tical 
    brother 

    The 
    rich 
    man's 
    wife 

    In the 
    arms 
    of another 

    Verse 17
    And the 
    ex
    it 
    wounds 

    Of 
    a love 
    that's 
    gone wrong 

    She 
    said she 
    was 
    leaving 

    But she'd 
    already 
    gone 

    Verse 18
    And 
    the 
    last 
    days 
    of judgement 

    are 
    fi
    nally 
    upon on 
    us 

    And the 
    bell
    s on 
    the roof 
    of 
    St. 
    Thomas 

    Are 
    calling 

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