Chords used:
D#/Ebm: x68876
B: x24442
F#/Gb: 244322
C#/Db: x46664
D#/Eb: x68886
G#/Ab: 466544
Em: x79987
D: x57775
C: x35553
G: 355433
( Strum, listen to the song)
Intro Rhythm 1 (keyboard arr. for guitar):
[D#/Ebm]The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation,
[F#/Gb]Her aching limbs and downcast face
[B]Aglow with perspiration
[D#/Ebm]Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,
With just the briefest pause
[F#/Gb]The flooding through her memory,
[B]The echoes of old applause.[C#/Db]
She limps across the floor
[F#/Gb]And closes her bedroom [D#/Eb]door...
[D#/Ebm] [D#/Ebm] [F#/Gb] [B]
(This pattern follows through out the verse)
[D#/Ebm]The writer stares with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
[F#/Gb]His beard is white, his face is lined
[B]And streaked with tears of rage.
[D#/Ebm]Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision,
[F#/Gb]But now his mind is dark and dulled
[B]By sickness and indecision[C#/Db]
And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the [F#/Gb]sun will rise no more...[D#/Eb]
[D#/Eb] [C#/Db] [G#/Ab]
[D#/Eb]Some are born to [C#/Db]move the world
To [G#/Ab]live their fantasies
[D#/Eb]But most of us just [C#/Db]dream about
The [G#/Ab]things we'd like to be
[Em]Sadder still to [D]watch it die
Than [C]never to have [G]known it
[B]For you, the blind who [C#/Db]once could see
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for..[D#/Eb]
- SOLO -
[B]For you, the blind who [C#/Db]once could see
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
This is one of my favourite all time Rush song. Since I didn't find a full tab or chord
for this song I thought it was time for someone to do it.
It was a pleasure figuring out the tab and chords for this incredible song and I'll hope
enjoy it as much as I do!
Feel free to contact me with any thoughts or changes to smuakr@hotmail.com
D#/Ebm: x68876
B: x24442
F#/Gb: 244322
C#/Db: x46664
D#/Eb: x68886
G#/Ab: 466544
Em: x79987
D: x57775
C: x35553
G: 355433
( Strum, listen to the song)
Intro Rhythm 1 (keyboard arr. for guitar):
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---3---6---3---6---3---6---3------3-|------3------------------------------------------4---|
|--4---6---4---6---4---6---4-3----4--|--6--4---6----1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3--4---|
|-6-------6-------6-------6---6--4---|-6--4---6----2----4---2----4---2----4---2----4---2---|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
[D#/Ebm]The dancer slows her frantic pace
In pain and desperation,
[F#/Gb]Her aching limbs and downcast face
[B]Aglow with perspiration
[D#/Ebm]Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,
With just the briefest pause
[F#/Gb]The flooding through her memory,
[B]The echoes of old applause.[C#/Db]
She limps across the floor
[F#/Gb]And closes her bedroom [D#/Eb]door...
[D#/Ebm] [D#/Ebm] [F#/Gb] [B]
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7p6-----------------7p6--------------------------------------------|
|----8----8-8------------8---6-6-----------3---------4-------------------|
|---8---------6h8-------8-------6h8--------4---------4-------------------|
|--6-------------------6-------------------4---------2-------------------|
|------------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
(This pattern follows through out the verse)
[D#/Ebm]The writer stares with glassy eyes
Defies the empty page
[F#/Gb]His beard is white, his face is lined
[B]And streaked with tears of rage.
[D#/Ebm]Thirty years ago, how the words would flow
With passion and precision,
[F#/Gb]But now his mind is dark and dulled
[B]By sickness and indecision[C#/Db]
And he stares out the kitchen door
Where the [F#/Gb]sun will rise no more...[D#/Eb]
[D#/Eb] [C#/Db] [G#/Ab]
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------8------6-------------------9--|
|----3--6-----8------6------5------5-6-8----|
|---4--6------8------6------6---------------|
|--6----------6------4------6---------------|
|---------------------------4---------------|
[D#/Eb]Some are born to [C#/Db]move the world
To [G#/Ab]live their fantasies
[D#/Eb]But most of us just [C#/Db]dream about
The [G#/Ab]things we'd like to be
[Em]Sadder still to [D]watch it die
Than [C]never to have [G]known it
[B]For you, the blind who [C#/Db]once could see
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for..[D#/Eb]
- SOLO -
|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
|----3------------------| |-----------------------------4--6--|
|---4--6-3----1-4-6-3---| X4 |---1-4--3---1-4--3---1-4--3--4--6--|
|--6------4--2-------4--| |--2----4---2----4---2----4---2--4--|
|-----------------------| |-----------------------------------|
[B]For you, the blind who [C#/Db]once could see
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
[B]The bell [C#/Db]tolls for [B]thee...[C#/Db]
This is one of my favourite all time Rush song. Since I didn't find a full tab or chord
for this song I thought it was time for someone to do it.
It was a pleasure figuring out the tab and chords for this incredible song and I'll hope
enjoy it as much as I do!
Feel free to contact me with any thoughts or changes to smuakr@hotmail.com