C 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1---------1---1------1---1---------1---1------1---1---------1---1---|
G|-0---0----0---0---------0---0------0---0---------0---0------0---0---------0---0---|
D|---2--------2---2---0h2---2---2------2---2---0h2---2---2------2---2---0h2---2---2-|
A|-------3-------------------------3------------------------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[VERSE 1]

      C        F         C      C/B
They used to think the swallows 
      Am      (Em) F
were living under water
F     Fm         C
All through the winter 
Am              F        G        C
when they were missing from the trees

[VERSE 2]

      C        F        C      C/B
They used to think the geese 
 Am               F
budded from the branches
 Dm          Am
Each gentle sunny spring 
      F         G     C
when they came back again

[CHORUS]

          G
But the swallows and the geese, 
  F               C
they have always heard
     Dm             Am
The ringing of the bells 
     F       G         C
that echo through the earth

[VERSE 3]

     C       F      C   C/B
The monarch butterflies 
           Am             F
in their cloud of orange wings
     F       Fm     C
And all the golden eels 
  F         G         C
swimming through the sea

[VERSE 4]

          C    F      C   C/B
They are following a path 
     Am          F
to places never seen
      F       Fm     C
They see the secret map 
     F         G       C
the moon draws on the sea

[CHORUS]

     G
The butterflies and eels, 
  F               C
they have always heard        
     Dm             Am
The ringing of the bells 
     F       G         C
that echo through the earth

[INTERLUDE]

C F C Am F Fm C F G C

[VERSE 5]

        C         F    C    C/B
But the airplanes overhead 
      Am           F
hang heavy in the air
     Dm            Am
And all the shiny cars, 
      F      G     C
they circle in despair

[CHORUS]

   G
"Where am I?" They cry. 
   F                     C
"Where are you? Where am I?"
     Dm              Am
But they will never hear 
     F          G      C
The bells that ring tonight

[OUTRO]

     F         Fm         C
The bells that    ring tonight

C 


[CODA]

[staccato w/ upstrokes]

C                      C7
But the airplanes overhead 
      F            Fm
hang heavy in the air
    C              G
And all the shiny cars, 
      F     G      C
they circle in despair