Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Let The Bells Ring (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm G Dm D x2 [Verse 1]
Dm                              G
C'mon, kind sir, let's walk outside

                           D
And breathe the autumn air

Dm
See the many that have lived and died

G                              Em
 See the unending golden stair

                        F           Em
See all of us that have come behind

                  F
Clutching at your hem

                 G         F
All the way from Arkansas

                       G
To your sweet and last amen
[Chorus]
        Dm             G
Let the bells ring

                       Dm
He is the real thing

                       G
Let the bells ring

                           Dm
He is the real, real thing
[Instrumental] Dm G x2 [Verse 2]
Dm           D    Dm                 G
   Take this deafening thunder down

                                     Dm
Take this bread and take this wine

                                     G
Your passing is not what we mourn

                               Em
But the world you left behind

             F                         Em
Well, do not breathe, nor make a sound

                       F
And behold your mighty work

                     G               F
That towers over the uncaring ground

                    G
Of a lesser, darker world
[Chorus]
        Dm             G
Let the bells ring

                       Dm
He is the real thing

                       G
Let the bells ring

                           Dm
He is the real, real thing
[Instrumental] Dm G x3 [Verse 3]
Dm                                     G
  There are those of us not fit to tie

                         Dm
The laces of your shoes

                               G
Must remain behind to testify

                              Em
Through an elementary blues

                   F                     Em
So, let's walk outside, the hour is late

                           F
Through your crumbs and scattered shells

                           G         F
Where the awed and the mediocre wait

                       G
Barely fit to ring the bells
[Chorus]
        Dm             G
Let the bells ring

                       Dm
He is the real thing

                       G
Let the bells ring

                           Dm
He is the real, real thing
[Outro] Dm G x2 Dm