Bell On A Rope
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Some lyrics in verse 2 may be incorrect.
[Intro]
Em C Em C Em C Em
C
Two, three, four!
Em C (x8)
{Harmonica + Fiddle + Kick Drum}
[Verse 1]
C Em C
I’ve been around
Em C Em C Em
But there’s nothing that can keep my body down
C Em C
Here underground, I got
Em C C C Em
Room for my fingers and a voice for cryin’ out loud
C Em C
Yeah I’ve been around
[Refrain]
Em Am C
But there’s nothing that can keep my body down,
Am C C7
Oh keep my body down
[Instrumental]
Em C Em C Em
[Verse 2]
C Em C
I’ve been around
Em C Em C Em
And there’s nothing that can keep my body down
C Em C
On my bad road there's nothing
Em C Em C Em
but pitch black, seems I was sleepin in a bed too sound
C Em C Em C
No life, no heat, but for what I’m feeling
Em C
Is the floor no more
Em C
Than a reflection of the ceiling
Em C
But I’ve found
[Refrain]
Em Am C
Ways so nothing ever keeps my body down,
Am C
Oh keep my body down
[Chorus]
C Em C Em C
I’ve been sunk down in a cold-heat for lying
C Em C Em C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dyin’
C Em D G C
Give em a song to sing, to keep em all tryin’
C G D C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope...
C
For the dyin man
[Instrumental]
Em C Em C Em
[Verse 3]
C Em C
Can you hear it
Em C Em C Em
That lonesome ringing over fields of polished stone
C Em C
Can you see it, that last flicker of the sun
Em C Em C
Hear that swinging brass above my bones
C Em C
Won’t you listen, the air’s trying to
Em C
Tell you something
Em C
Now you put us to bed too early now we’re
C Em
Coming back around
[Refrain]
Em Am C
Ways so nothing ever keeps my body down,
Am C
Oh keep my body down
[Chorus]
C Em C Em C
I’ve been sunk down in a cold-heat for lying
C Em C Em C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dyin’
C Em D G C
Give em a song to sing, to keep em all tryin’
C G D C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope...
C
For the dyin man
[Instrumental]
Am C C D Am Am C E
Am C C D Am Am G G
Em C (x7)
Em
[Verse 4]
C Em C
I’ve been around
Em C Em C Em
And there’s nothing that can keep my body down
C Em C
Oh I burst my lungs
C Em C Em C Em
With the song I sung and the bell I rung so loud
C Em C
Yeah I’ve been around
C Em C Em C
Well I clawed the dirt, like the dead I rise
C Em C Em C
These eighty angels you knew as a child
C Em C Em Am C
With glowing eyes oh and a shining sword to strike you down
C Am C
Oh yeah keep my body down
[Chorus]
C Em C Em C
I’ve been sunk down in a cold-heat for lying
C Em C Em C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dyin’
C Em D G C
Give em a song to sing, to keep em all tryin’
C G D C
Give em a bell on a rope as a hope...
C G D C
Yeah a bell on a rope as a hope...
C G D C
Yeah a bell on a rope as a hope...
C
For the dyin man
Em
How to play Bell On A Rope
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.