Bells Of St Marys
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Bells Of St Mary's - Leo Sayer (Just A Boy, 1974)
[Intro]
| F | C | Dm | Bb F | Bb | Bb | F | F | x2
[Verse]
F C Am G Am
He used to play mouth organ in a folk club,
F C Am G Am
In a pub they call the Lady Jane
F C Am G Am
All the sounds as his friends and he would holler
Bb Am Bb F F
Songs of love and songs of pain
[Verse]
F C Am G Am
There wasn't much that he could use his time for
F C Am G Am
So he used to practice everyday
F C Am G Am
And play the mouth organ blues and holler
Bb Am Bb F F
Someday soon I'm gonna break away
[Chorus]
F C Am G Am
He used to listen to the bells of St Mary's
F C Am G Am
As they would echo through those early days
F C Am G Am
And sometimes even now he thinks that he still hears them
Bb Am Bb F F
Although they're 'bout a thousand miles away
[Instrumental]
| F | C | Dm | Bb F | Bb | Bb | F | F | x2
[Verse]
F C Am G Am
And so he came into this crazy business
F C Am G Am
And do you know the stars all fell his way
F C Am G Am
And he became another of your rock & roll troubadours
Bb Am Bb F F
And threw the mouth organ far away
[Chorus]
F C Am G Am
And so he listens to the bells of St Mary's
F C Am G Am
And so their echo haunts him every day
F C Am G Am
So clear he could reach out and touch them
Bb Am Bb F F
Although they're 'bout a thousand miles away
Bb Am Bb F
Although they're 'bout a thousand miles away
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