G                     D           G                 C
Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
G                 C        D       G
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin'
D            G              C
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun;
G             D          (riff)   G
Sayin', it may be the chimes of freedom flashin'

D                               G
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight;
C   G               Am              D
Flashin' for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight.
G              D        G              C
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
G              C         D       G         G C D G
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'

              D             G          C
Well, in the city's melted furnace unexpectedly we watched
 G           D      (riff)       G           D
With faces hidden here while the walls were tightenin'
G           D             G                  C
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain;
 G    D     (riff)   G
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin'

D                      G
Yeah, tollin' for the rebel, yeah, tollin' for the raked
C               G             Am            D
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked.
G     D        G                     C
Yeah, tollin' for the outcasts burnin' constantly at stakes
G              C         D       G
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
G
Oh yeah!

(instrumental solo)

D             G          C
And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner flashed
G           D      (riff)       G           D
There's a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin'
 G           D             G                  C
Well, electric light still struck like arrows
G    D        (riff)      G
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin'

D                                                        G
Well, tollin' for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail
C               G             Am            D
For the lonesome haunted lovers with too personal a tale.
G       D        G                     C
And for each young heart for each channeled soul misplaced inside a jail
 G              C         D       G  (riff) G
Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'

D             G          C
Well, starry eyed and laughin' I recall when we were caught,
G           D      (riff)       G           D
Trapped by an old track of vows for the hands suspended
C   G               Am              D
As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
G              D        G              C
Spellbound and swallowed "Has the tollin' ended?"

D                                                        G
Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
G       D        G                     C
For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at worst.
G              C         D       G  (riff) G
And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'

Uh uh uh... (to end)