Dm                    Dm                    F     Bb
E|---------1p0-------------------1p0----------------------|
B|-------3-----3---------------3-----1--------------------|
G|-----2--------------0h2----2--------------0h2-2-----3---| x2
D|--0-------------0-0-----0-------------0-0-----3-----3---|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----1---|
E|----------------------------------------------1---------|
(Continues throughout the verse up until the C chord)


[Verse 1]

Dm
The dancer slows her frantic pace, in pain and desperation,
F                                   Bb
Her aching limbs and downcast face aglow with perspiration
Dm
Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, with just the briefest pause
F                               Bb                              C
The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause.
                               F                  Dsus2
She limps across the floor and closes her bedroom door...


[Intro repeat]

    Dm                    Dm                    F     Bb
E|---------1p0-------------------1p0----------------------|
B|-------3-----3---------------3-----1--------------------|
G|-----2--------------0h2----2--------------0h2-2-----3---| x2
D|--0-------------0-0-----0-------------0-0-----3-----3---|
A|----------------------------------------------3-----1---|
E|----------------------------------------------1---------|
(Continues throughout the verse up until the C chord)


[Verse 2]

    Dm
The writer stares with glassy eyes, defies the empty page
    F                                     Bb
His beard is white, his face is lined and streaked with tears of rage.
       Dm
Thirty years ago, how the words would flow, with passion and precision,
    F                                  Bb                        C
But now his mind is dark and dulled by sickness and indecision
                                              F                Dsus2
And he stares out the kitchen door, where the sun will rise no more...


[Bridge]

Play this once to transition into the bridge
E|-------------|
B|----------1--|
G|------2-0----|
D|--0-3--------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

D    C    G    G

D                C                  G
Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies
    D               C               G
But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be
D#sus2          C#sus2            Bsus2         F#
Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it


[Chorus]

Bbsus2                 Csus2
For you, the blind who once could see
Bbsus2      Csus2     Bbsus2       Csus2
   The bell tolls for thee...
Bbsus2      Csus2       Dsus2      Dsus2
   The bell tolls for..


[Solo]

E|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
G|-----2-0-----------0-----| |---------------------------------3----5--|
D|-0-3-----2-----0-3---2---| x4  |----0-3---2---0-3---2---0-3---2--3----5--|
A|-----------3-1---------3-| |--1-----3---1-----3---1-----3----1----3--|
E|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|


[Chorus]
Bbsus2                 Csus2
For you, the blind who once could see
Bbsus2      Csus2     Bbsus2       Csus2
   The bell tolls for thee...
Bbsus2      Csus2     Dsus2        Dsus2
   The bell tolls for thee...


[Outro]

    Dm
E|---------1p0----|
B|-------3-----3--|
G|-----2----------|
D|--0-------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|