Verse 1: C/G Fmaj7/C Remember when our songs were just like prayers. C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Like gospel hymns that you called in the air. C/G Fmaj7/C Come down come down sweet reverence, C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Fmaj7/C unto my simple house and ring...and ring. Chorus: Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C Ring like silver, ring like gold C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C Ring like clear day wedding bells C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Fmaj7/C Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...we'll never tell.
Bridge: Em Fmaj7/C C/G Come to me clear and cold on that sea Em Fmaj7/C C/G Watch the world spinning waves...like that machine Verse 2: C/G Fmaj7/C Now I,ve been crazy couldn't you tell? C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell. C/G Fmaj7/C Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the table C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Well and drank and sang, and passed in the stable. Verse 3: C/G Fmaj7/C That tall grass grows high and brown, C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground C/G Fmaj7/C and you sent me back to where I roam. C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know...now I know Verse 4: Am Gadd11 Fmaj7/C And I ran back to that hollow again C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C the moon was just a sliver back then. Am Gadd11 Fmaj7/C And I ached for my heart like some tin man C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C when it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang... oh, it's ringing Chorus: Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C Ring like crazy, ring like hell C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Turn me back into that wild haired gale Fmaj7/C C/G Fmaj7/C Ring like silver, ring like gold C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Turn these diamonds straight back into coal C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Fmaj7/C Turn these diamonds straight back into coal C/G Gadd11 F#m7 Turn these diamonds straight back