Bells of Harlem
Dave Rawlings Machine

Capo 3

[Intro]
       x2

[Verse 1]
           
Look at the wo

            
rld, it's waki

  
ng up
           
I couldn't sle

           
ep for dreamin

g
          
My weary soul 

          
is finally hom

e
          
I had the stra

          
ngest feeling

            
This is the da

    
wn, the break 

of day
            
After the midn

    
ight pardon
       
These ringing 

            
ears have wait

 
ed years
         
To hear the be

           
lls of Harlem

[Interlude]
   

[Verse 2]
           
Far down the s

            
treets, I see 

    
the sign
           
The crowd is b

           
reathing faste

r
          
Some must have

             
 walked a hund

     
red blocks
          
I see the floc

          
ks and pastors

            
Oh, what a tim

    
e to be alive
            
Tears of the p

     
ast forgotten
       
It's been a lo

            
ng and lonely 

 
night
         
I hear the bel

           
ls of Harlem

[Bridge]

They ring, the

y ring

They sing, the

y sing
          
The darkest ho

       
ur has passed


They ring, the

y ring
           
They sing, the

  
y sing
         
A little joy a

   
t long last


The Brazos ros

e

ain't no more 

cane
            
We ground it d

         
own to sorghum
       
We couldn't st

            
op the freedom

 
 train
         
I hear the bel

           
ls of Harlem

(repeat to fade)