Great song featuring two great guitarists--Rich Williams and Steve Morse.
It was on either "Power" or "In the Spirit of Things".  Any improvements,
please let me know.

Pete
badgatorpete@hotmail.com


BELLS OF SAINT JAMES
Steve Walsh & Steve Morse (c) 1988

Performed by Kansas

Capo at 5th  (or transpose up)

Bm  G  Bm  A x 4


Bm G                Bm A    Bm   G               Bm A
Her letters gave me purpose, her letters gave me pride

Bm     G              Bm A  Bm       G              D Db
Armies far across the ocean guns and letters by our side

Bm G                  Bm A    Bm G                     Bm A
It was someone else's homeland,  it was someone else's war

Bm G                        Bm A      Bm    G                  D Db
But at the line of the 38th parallel, it was her I fought them for


CHORUS

Bm          G                D              A
Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone

Bm              G             D  Db
I smelled those flowers in my sleep

Bm        G                D        A
The day I left as we were standing alone

Bm           G                     D Db
She swore to me those dreams would keep

        E            A          D   G
And the Bells of St. James were ringing,

        E            A                  D Db
The the Bells of St. James were ringing down

F#m         D       A     E        F#m
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound


Bm G                        Bm A         Bm    G                    Bm A
I don't remember when those words changed like Kansas summer turns to fall

Bm           G                 Bm A    Bm  G                     D Db
But she quit talking 'bout the future, never mentioned dreams at all


Bm               G             D              A
I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife

Bm                  G             D  Db
For love fires that fleeted long ago

Bm           G                   D             A
But when she wrote me about this change in her life

Bm           G                     D Db
There was just one thing I had to know

        E            A          D   G
Are the Bells of St. James still ringing?

        E            A                  D Db
Are the Bells of St. James still ringing down?

F#m         D       A     E        F#m
Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound

Bm  G  Bm  A (Repeat and fade)