[Intro] Am C F Am C F Am The dancer slows her frantic pace , In pain and desperation C F Her aching limbs and downcast face aglow with perspiration Am Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire with just the briefest pause C F G The flooding through her memory, the echoes of old applause C Am And she limps across the floor , and closes her bedroom door ( Am C F ) ( Am C F ) Am The writer stare with glassy eyes , defies the empty page C F His beard is white, his face is lined, and streaked with tears of rage Am Thirty years ago, how the words would flow , with passion and precision C F G But now his mind is dark and dulled, by sickness and indecision C Am And he stares out the kitchen door, where the sun will rise no more ( Am A G D ) A G D Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies A G D But most of us just dream about , the things we'd like to be Ebm/Gb Db/F B/Eb Db/F Sadder still to watch it die, than never to have known it F G For you, the blind who once could see F G F G The bell tolls for thee F G Am The bell tolls for [Solo] Am D Am F G F G For you, the blind who once could see F G F G The bell tolls for thee