The Three Bells (chrom)

by The Browns, Roy Orbison · posted by waltp

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

THE THREE BELLS chrom
M: Jean Villard 
W: Dick Manning
The Browns, Roy Orbison
Key: F, Bb 

  -3   -3 -3   -3  -3  -3   -5  -3 -3  -3  -3
There's a vil-lage hid-den deep in the val-ley 
-3 -3* -3*  -3   -3   -3*  -3*  -3
A-mong the pine trees half for-lorn 
-3   -3   -3 -3 -3 -3  4    4
And there on a sun-ny morn-ing 
-3* -3* -3* -3*  4   -3*  -3
Lit-tle Jim-my Brown was born 
-3 -3  -3   -3    -3    -3  3  -2  -3* -3*
So his par-ents brought him to the chap-el
-3*  -4 -4  -4 -4  4  -5   4
When he was on-ly one day old
-3  -3    -3     -3    -3  -3  -3   4   4
And the priest blessed the lit-tle fel-low
-3*  -3* -3*-3* 4  -3*  -3
Wel-come Jim-my to the fold

-1  -1   -2  -2  -3*   -3*  -5  -5
All the chap-el bells were ring-ing 
-1 -1  -2  -2  -3* -3*  4
In the lit-tle val-ley town 
 1   1   -1*  -1*  -2   -2   4    4
And the song that they were sing-ing 
 1   1 -1*-1*  4  4   -3*
Was for ba-by Jim-my Brown 
 -1  -1  -2  -2  -3* -3* -5  -5
Then the lit-tle con-gre-ga-tion 
  -1   -1  -2*  -2*   4   4 -3*
Prayed for guid-ance from a-bove 
-1* -1*  3  3  4   4   -5  -5
Lead us not in-to temp-ta-tion, 
 -1    -1   -2  -2 -3*-3* 4  4
Bless this hour of med-i-ta-tion 
  1    1  -1* -2 -5   5  -3*
Guide him with e-ter-nal love 

There's a village hidden deep in the valley 
Beneath the mountains high above 
And there, twenty years thereafter 
Jimmy was to meet his love 

All the chapel bells were ringing, 
Was a great day in his life 
Cause the songs that they were singing 
Were for Jimmy and his wife 
Then the little congregation 
Prayed for guidance from above 
Lead us not into temptation, 
Bless oh Lord this celebration 
May their lives be filled with love 

From the village hidden deep in the valley 
One rainy morning dark and gray 
A soul winged its way to heaven 
Jimmy Brown had passed away 

Just a lonely bell was ringing 
In the little valley town 
Twas farewell that it was singing 
To our good old Jimmy Brown 
And the little congregation 
Prayed for guidance from above 
Lead us not into temptation, 
May his soul find the salvation 
Of thy great eternal love

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