Great song featuring two great guitarists--Rich Williams and Steve Morse.
It was on either "Power" or "In the Spirit of Things". Any improvements,
please let me know.
Pete
badgatorpete@hotmail.com
BELLS OF SAINT JAMES
Steve Walsh & Steve Morse (c) 1988
Performed by Kansas
Capo at 5th (or transpose up)
Bm G Bm A x 4
Bm G Bm A Bm G Bm A
Her letters gave me purpose, her letters gave me pride
Bm G Bm A Bm G D Db
Armies far across the ocean guns and letters by our side
Bm G Bm A Bm G Bm A
It was someone else's homeland, it was someone else's war
Bm G Bm A Bm G D Db
But at the line of the 38th parallel, it was her I fought them for
CHORUS
Bm G D A
Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone
Bm G D Db
I smelled those flowers in my sleep
Bm G D A
The day I left as we were standing alone
Bm G D Db
She swore to me those dreams would keep
E A D G
And the Bells of St. James were ringing,
E A D Db
The the Bells of St. James were ringing down
F#m D A E F#m
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound
Bm G Bm A Bm G Bm A
I don't remember when those words changed like Kansas summer turns to fall
Bm G Bm A Bm G D Db
But she quit talking 'bout the future, never mentioned dreams at all
Bm G D A
I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife
Bm G D Db
For love fires that fleeted long ago
Bm G D A
But when she wrote me about this change in her life
Bm G D Db
There was just one thing I had to know
E A D G
Are the Bells of St. James still ringing?
E A D Db
Are the Bells of St. James still ringing down?
F#m D A E F#m
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound
Bm G Bm A (Repeat and fade)
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