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Feb 4, 2024

Bells Of St Augustine by Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian

Tab: in word document format Video: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian - "Bells of St. Augustine" (Official Audio)

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Bells Of St Augustine
By:   Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian

[intro:]  |Fm7  |Bbm7  |Fm7  |Bbm7   |      {guitar riff} 
          |Fm7  |Fm7   
{riff}
e|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
B|--8---6-8-9-|-13-13--11--9-|--8---6-8-9-|-16-16--11-9-|-8-------|
G|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
D|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
A|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
E|------------|--------------|------------|-------------|---------|
   Fm7          Bbm7            Fm7         Bbm7          Fm7 
  
[verse: 1]
            |Fm7              |Bbm7
If you ever go to_     St. Augustine
                |Bbm7 Cm7    Db     Eb   |Csus4    C7
There's a chapel bell that chimes out the hour
             |Fm7            |Bbm7
And a garden wall by the iron gate
                |Bbm7 Cm7  Db    Eb    |Csus4    C7
You can hear the bees buzz in the wild flowers
 
[chorus:]
          |Bbm7
And if you see a girl
              |Bbm7               |F/A              {F/A =  x03211 then bass asc A Bb C }
Brighter than all of the lights in Rome
              |Bbm7                     |
Tell her that nothing holds a candle and to find her
                     |Csus4  C7           |Fm7     |Fm7    
I've looked high and low__       high and low

[verse: 2]
            |Fm7                  |Bbm7
Once upon a dream    on a summer's day

               |Bbm7 Cm7  Db   Eb  |Csus4    C7
She was walking by   and  I felt my heart
             |Fm7                   |Bbm7
Make a sudden leap, that was all she wrote
           |Bbm7 Cm7  Db    Eb     |Csus4    C7
I tried to speak but  I could never start
 
[chorus:]
          |Bbm7
And if you see a girl
              |Bbm7                |F/A 
Brighter than all of the lights in Rome
              |Bbm7                      |
Tell her that nothing holds a candle and to find her
                     |Csus4  C7           |Fm7     
I've looked high and low__       high and low
 
 
[:]  |Bbm7   |Fm7   |Bbm7  |Dbmaj7                {** on the official audio **}

       /    /  / /          /    /    beats}      {** on other versions     **}
     |Cm7  Bbm7   |Fm7    |Cm7  Bbm7  
 
[bridge:]
       |Dbmaj7          |Cm7
Now the sun goes down behind her
                                        {bells}
       |Dbmaj7                 |Cm7    |        |Cm7   
And the bells ring out their reminder
 
{bells}
e|-------------------|
B|--11--8------------|
G|---------8--10-----|
D|----------------8--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

[chorus:]
          |Bbm7
And if you see a girl__
              |Bbm7                |F/A      
Brighter than all of the lights in Rome
              |Bbm7                     |
Tell her that nothing holds a candle and to find her
                                                    /    /   
                     |Csus4  C7           |Fm7     |Cm7  Bbm7     
I've looked high and low__       high and low

  
[coda:]
                             /    /    /  /  
         |Fm7              |Cm7  Bbm7       | F7sus4
High and low_   na na na na na  na__
           

chords:

Bbm7    x13121  or 686666
C       x32010  or x35553
Csus4   x33010  or x35533
C7      x32310  or x35353
Cmaj7   332000  or x35453
Db      x46664
Dbmaj7  x46564
Eb      x68886
F/A     x03211 
F7sus4  131311
F#m7    242222