C (hammer on 4th string, alternate picking) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------1---1---------1---1------1---1---------1---1------1---1---------1---1--- |-0---0----0---0---------0---0------0---0---------0---0------0---0---------0---0--- |---2--------2---2---0h2---2---2------2---2---0h2---2---2------2---2---0h2---2---2- |-------3-------------------------3------------------------3----------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 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 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 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 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 CFCAFFCFGC 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 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 F Fm C The bells that ring tonight C (Drop out - Resume 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