Those Distant Bells Chords
by Snow Patrol
Those Distant Bells by Snow Patrol is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em G D A
e|----2--2----2--2---2--2---2--2--|
B|------3-------3------3------3---|
G|---0-0-----0-0----2-2----2-2----|
D|-----------------0--------------|
A|------------------------0-------|
E|--0-------3---------------------|
Verse 1:
Em G
The car crunches gravel
D A
And the wind licks at you
Em G
This dark spell you're under
D A
Has you dumbstruck by the gate
Verse 2:
Em G
And it hurts every muscle
D A
Just to walk back to the house
Em G
Now this home that you both made
D A
It looks haunted from the yard
Em G D
You can hear those distant bells
A Em
And you know they'll never leave
G D
It's like your church is crying out
A Em
Like the wolf calls to her young
Verse 3:
G
And the dark never enters
D A
But it also never leaves
Em G
And this spark that he gave you
D A
Is just an ember all but out
Verse 4:
Em G
If he'd one eye on the exit
D A
Oh you never would have known
Em G
Until he drove off in the darkness
D A
Like some slowly fading song
Em G D
You can hear those distant bells
A Em
And you know they'll never leave
G D
It's like your church is crying out
A Em
Like the wolf calls to her young
G D
You can hear those distant bells
A Em
And you know they'll never leave
G D
It's like your church is crying out
A Em
Like the wolf calls to her young
Repeat: Em G D A