Bells of Harlem
by Dave Rawlings Machine
(www.daverawlingsmachine.com)

capo 5

           
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
             
Far down the s

          
treets, I see 

     
the signs
             
The crowd is b

          
reathing faste

r
             
Some must have

          
 walked a hund

    
red blocks
           
I see the floc

           
ks in  pasture

s
            
Oh what a time

  
, 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

            
They ring, the

             
y ring, they s


ing, they sing
           
The darkest ho

       
ur has passed
            
They ring, the

             
y ring, they s

         
ing, they sing
             
A little joy a

      
t long last

            
The Brazos ros

      
e, ain't no mo

re cane
            
We ground it d

       
own to sorghum
           
We couldn't st

            
op, the freedo

   
m train
             
I hear the bel

                            
ls of Harlem