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The Bells Of Notre Dame

Alan Menken

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SONG: The Bells Of Notre Dame
ARTIST: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

From the musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Intro:

D5 D5 D5 Bb/D
D5 D5 D5 D5  
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm Dm Dm


Dm         C7/E       F     Bbm/C#
Morning in Paris, the city awakes
       F      A7#5 A7  Dm
To the bells of Notre Dame
              C7/E        F        Bbm/C#
The fisherman fishes, the bakerman bakes
       F      C7    F   F7
To the bells of Notre Dame

       Gm           Am          Dm     Dm
To the big bells as loud as the thunder
       Gm           C/E       Asus4 A
To the little bells soft as a psalm
    Dm           C7/E        F
And some say the soul of the city's
    Bbm/C#      Dm   
The toll of the bells

Dm Dm(maj7) Dm7

    G7sus4 Bbmaj7
The bells of 
C(no3rd) Am
Notre 
Dm Dm C(no3rd)/D C(no3rd)/D
Dame


Dm C7/E F Bbm/C#
F A7#5   A7    Dm Dm
Dm C7/E F Bbm/C#
F C7 F F7
Gm Am Dm Dm/F
Gm C7/E Asus4 A
Dm C7/E F Bbm/C#
Dm Dm Dm(maj7) Dm7
G7sus4 Bbmaj7 C(no3rd) Am(no3rd)
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm/A Dm/B Dm/C#


Dm           C7/E           F          Bbm/C#
Dark was the night when our tale was begun
       Dm         A7#5 A7   
On the docks near Notre 
Dm Dm
Dame

Dm Dm

Dm              C7/E         F        Bbm/C#
Four frightened gypsies slid silently under
    F        C7    F(add2) F
The docks near Notre Dame

Fmaj7 F6

      Gm            Am           Dm     Dm
But a trap had been laid for the gypsies
         Gm          C7/E      Asus4 A
And they gazed up in fear and alarm
     Dm           C7/E
At a figure whose clutches
     F       Bbm         Dm  Dm
Were iron as much as the bells

Dm(maj7) Dm7

    G7sys Bbmaj7
The bells of 
C(no3rd) Am(no3rd)
Notre 
Dm
Dame
       Am(no3rd) Dm(no3rd)  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)


Bb           Gm9    Am7  
Judge Claude Frollo longed
   Bb        Am
To purge the world
            Bb
Of vice and sin
       Am(no3rd) Gm(no3rd)  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)

Bb     Gm9    Am7  
And he saw corruption
Bb   Am
Ev'rywhere
           Dm(no3rd)
Except within


A#(no3rd)/D Am(no3rd)/D Gm(no3rd)/D Dm
C7/E F Bbm/C# F
A D5 D5


D5        D5           F5        F5
Dies irae (Dies irae), dies illa (dies illa) (Day of wrath, that day)
Dm7    Em7  F     Dm9  G  A5
Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes)
            A5
Teste David cum sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl)
A5             Am  Fmaj7  G(no3rd)  C5
Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be)
Cm  Ab    
Quando
Bb  Ab       Bb  Eb5 
Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come)
Gm      F/A  Gm/Bb Gm  A  D5
Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be)
      Gm  
Dies irae (Day of wrath)
       F/A  Gm/Bb  
Quando Judex est 
Gm  A  D5
venturus (When the Judge is come)
Dies irae (Day of wrath)

D5 Eb5 Eb5 
Eb5 Eb5

Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes)
A5
Dies irae, dies illa (Day of wrath, that day)

D5 D5 D5 D5   Dm
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm/A Dm/B Dm/C# 


Dm            C7/E     F              Bbm/C#
See there the innocent blood you have spilt
       Dm       A7#5 A7  
On the steps of Notre 
Dm Dm
Dame

Dm Dm

Dm            C7/E             F             Bbm/C#
Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt
       F      C7    F(add2) F
On the steps of Notre Dame

        Gm         Am            Dm     Dm
You can lie to yourself and your minions
        Gm             C/E       Asus4 A
You can claim that you haven't a qualm
        Dm        C7/E
But you never can run from
    F                Bbm           Dm Dm Dm(maj7)
Nor hide what you've done from the eyes
Dm7      G7sus4
The very eyes 
Bbmaj7
of 
C(no3rd) Am
Notre 
Dm
Dame
       Am(no3rd) Dm(no3rd)  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)


Bb      Gm9      Am7    Bb  
And for one time in his life
   Am           Bb
Of power and control
       Am(no3rd) Gm(no3rd)  
Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Bb     Gm9    Am7       Bb  
Frollo felt a twinge of fear
    Am           D5
For his immortal soul

D5 D5 D5   Bb
Dm Bb Dm Bb


Dm
Just so he's kept locked away
                      D5 D5 D5 D5   Bb  
Where no one else can see
Dm
Even this foul creature may
                     E/D   Asus4  
Yet prove one day to be
   A      Dm
Of use to me

Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm Dm


    Dm        C7/E      F            Bbm/C#
Now here is a riddle to guess if you can
         F      A7#5 A7  
Sing the bells of Notre 
Bb Bb
Dame
Gm7        Am7         Dm         Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7
Who is the monster and who is the man?

         Gm7    Gm7    Am7    Am7
Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7 Am7    Am7
Bells, bells, bells, bells
G7sus4 Bbmaj7
Bells of 
C(no3rd) Am
Notre 
D5 D5 D5 D5  
Dame

G(add9)/D   D5 Gadd9 D

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The Bells Of Notre Dame

Alan Menken