Chimes of Freedom Words and music by Bob Dylan Sender: NGDowell CHORDS EADGBe G 320003 G3rd xx5433 C3rd xx5553 D7 x00212 C/G 3x2013 C 332010 Am 002210 Intro:G G3rd 1st Verse: G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd G Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll G3rd C3rd D7 G C/G G We ducked inside the doorway as thunder went crashing G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds G3rd C3rd D7 G C/G G Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing D7 G C/G G Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight C G Am D7 Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight G C/G G C/G An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night G D7 G C/G G An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. The other verses go like this: G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd Through the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched G3rd C3rd D7 G C/G G With faces hidden as the walls were tightening G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd G3rd C3rd As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain G3rd C3rd D7 G C/G G Dissolved into the bells of the lightning D7 G Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake C G Am D7 Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked G C/G G C/G Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake G C D7 G C/G G An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Through the mad mystic hammering of the wild ripping hail The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder That the clinging of the church bells blew far into the breeze Leaving only bells of lightning and its thunder Striking for the gentle, striking for the kind Striking for the guardians and protectors of the mind An' for the poet and the painter far behind his rightful time An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Through the wild cathedral evening the rain unraveled tales For the disrobed faceless forms of no position Tolling for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts All down in taken-for-granted situations Tolling for the deaf an' blind, tolling for the mute For the mistreated, mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute For the misdemeanor outlaw, chained an' cheated by pursuit An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flared An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing. Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended Tolling for the aching, whose wounds cannot be nursed For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.