Carrie Underwood

Church Bells

Carrie Underwood


Tom: Bm

Bm    
Jenny grew up wild, like a blackfoot daisy    
A                 
Out in the shack with a blue tick hound    
G     
Broke as hell, but blessed with beauty    
    A    
The kind that a rich man can't turn down    
    Bm    
She caught the eye of an oil man dancing    
A    
One summer night in a dime store dress    
G     
She had the looks, he had the mansion    
A    
And you can figure out the rest    
   

[Pre-Chorus] 

Bm         
He was all roses, dripping in diamonds, sipping on champagne    
Bm                                                           A    
She was all uptown, wearing that white gown, taking his last name    
    

[Chorus]

                     G     
She could hear those church bells ringing, ringing    
D                        Bm    
And up in the loft, that whole choir singing, singing    
A                               G     
Fold your hands and close your eyes    
                          D    
Yeah, it's all gonna be alright    
                       Bm     
And just listen to the church bells ringing, ringing    
A                Bm    
Yeah, they're ringing    
   

[Verse] 
    
Bm    
Jenny was hosting Junior League parties    
A    
And having dinner at the country club    
G     
Everyone thought they were Ken and Barbie    
A    
But Ken was always getting way too drunk    
Bm    
Saturday night, after a few too many    
A    
He came home ready to fight    
G     
And all his money could never save Jenny    
A    
From the devil living in his eyes    
   

[Pre-Chorus] 

Bm    
It was all bruises, covered in makeup, dark sunglasses    
Bm                                                               A    
And that next morning, sitting in the back pew, praying with the baptist    
 

[Chorus]   

                     G     
She could hear those church bells ringing, ringing    
D                        Bm    
And up in the loft, that whole choir singing, singing    
A                               G     
Fold your hands and close your eyes    
                          D    
Yeah, it's all gonna be alright    
                       Bm     
And just listen to the church bells ringing, ringing    
A                G      Bm   G    Bm   G   
Yeah, they're ringing    
    

[Verse]
    
Bm    
Jenny slipped something in his Tennessee whiskey    
A    
No law man was ever gonna find    
G     
And how he died is still a mystery    
A    
But he hit a woman for the very last time    
    

[Chorus]

                     G     
She could hear those church bells ringing, ringing    
D                        Bm    
Standing there in a black dress singing, singing    
A                               G     
Fold your hands and close your eyes    
                          D    
Yeah, it's all gonna be alright    
                       Bm     
And just listen to the church bells ringing, ringing    
A             Bm    
Yeah, they're ringing