Alan Menken – The Bells Of Notre Dame chords

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

From the musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Intro:

D5 D5 D5 A#/D
D5 D5 D5 D5  
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm Dm Dm


Dm         C7/E       F     A#m/C#Morning in Paris, the city awakes
       F/C      A7#5 A7  DmTo the bells of Notre Dame
              C7/E        F        A#m/C#The fisherman fishes, the bakerman bakes
       F/C      C7    F   F7To the bells of Notre Dame

       Gm           Am          Dm     DmTo the big bells as loud as the thunder
       Gm           C/E       Asus ATo the little bells soft as a psalm
    Dm           C7/E        FAnd some say the soul of the city's
    A#m/C#      Dm   The toll of the bells

Dm Dm(maj7) Dm7

    G7sus A#maj7The bells of 
C(no3rd) AmNotre 
Dm Dm C(no3rd)/D C(no3rd)/DDame


Dm C7/E F A#m/C#
F/C A7#5   A7    Dm Dm
Dm C7/E F A#m/C#
F/C C7 F F7
Gm Am Dm Dm/F
Gm C7/E Asus A
Dm C7/E F A#m/C#
Dm Dm Dm(maj7) Dm7
G7sus A#maj7 C(no3rd) Am(no3rd)
Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm/A Dm/B Dm/C#


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

Dm Dm

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

Fmaj7 F6

      Gm            Am           Dm     DmBut a trap had been laid for the gypsies
         Gm          C7/E      Asus AAnd they gazed up in fear and alarm
     Dm           C7/EAt a figure whose clutches
     F       A#m         Dm  DmWere iron as much as the bells

Dm(maj7) Dm7

    G7sys A#maj7The bells of 
C(no3rd) Am(no3rd)Notre 
DmDame
       Am(no3rd) Dm(no3rd)  Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)


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

A#     Gm9    Am7  And he saw corruption
A#   AmEv'rywhere
           Dm(no3rd)Except within


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


D5        D5           F5        F5Dies irae (Dies irae), dies illa (dies illa) (Day of wrath, that day)
Dm7    Em7  F     Dm9  G  A5Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes)
            A5Teste David cum sibylla (As prophesied by David and the sibyl)
A5             Am  Fmaj7  G(no3rd)  C5Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be)
Cm  G#    Quando
A#  G#       A#  D#5 Judex est venturus (When the Judge is come)
Gm      F/A  Gm/A# Gm  A  D5Quantus tremor est futurus (What trembling is to be)
      Gm  Dies irae (Day of wrath)
       F/A  Gm/A#  Quando Judex est 
Gm  A  D5venturus (When the Judge is come)
Dies irae (Day of wrath)

D5 D#5 D#5 
D#5 D#5

Solvet saeclum in favilla (Shall consume the world in ashes)
A5Dies 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              A#m/C#See there the innocent blood you have spilt
       Dm       A7#5 A7  On the steps of Notre 
Dm DmDame

Dm Dm

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

        Gm         Am            Dm     DmYou can lie to yourself and your minions
        Gm             C/E       Asus AYou can claim that you haven't a qualm
        Dm        C7/EBut you never can run from
    F                A#m           Dm Dm Dm(maj7)Nor hide what you've done from the eyes
Dm7      G7susThe very eyes 
A#maj7of 
C(no3rd) AmNotre 
DmDame
       Am(no3rd) Dm(no3rd)  Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)


A#      Gm9      Am7    A#  And for one time in his life
   Am           A#Of power and control
       Am(no3rd) Gm(no3rd)  Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
A#     Gm9    Am7       A#  Frollo felt a twinge of fear
    Am           D5For his immortal soul

D5 D5 D5   A#
Dm A# Dm A#


DmJust so he's kept locked away
                      D5 D5 D5 D5   A#  Where no one else can see
DmEven this foul creature may
                     E/D   Asus  Yet prove one day to be
   A      DmOf use to me

Dm Dm Dm Dm
Dm Dm Dm


    Dm        C7/E      F            A#m/C#Now here is a riddle to guess if you can
         F/C      A7#5 A7  Sing the bells of Notre 
A# A#Dame
Gm7        Am7         Dm         A#maj7 A#maj7 A#maj7 A#maj7Who is the monster and who is the man?

         Gm7    Gm7    Am7    Am7Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
A#maj7 A#maj7 Am7    Am7Bells, bells, bells, bells
G7sus A#maj7Bells of 
C(no3rd) AmNotre 
D5 D5 D5 D5  Dame

G(add9)/D   D5 G(add9) D