From: “Hairspray”

I Can Hear the Bells

by

MARC SHAIMAN

Lyrics by: SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN

Published Under License From

Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

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Slowly

Slowly and freely

4xD

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oxC7

x xF

I can hear the bells.

o oxAm

Well, don’t ’cha hear ’em chime?

xB

Can’t ’cha feel my heart

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- beat keep - ing per

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- fect time? And all

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be

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- cause he

l.h.

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2001 WINDING BROOK WAY MUSIC and WALLI WOO ENTERTAINMENTThis Arrangement 2007 WINDING BROOK WAY MUSIC and WALLI WOO ENTERTAINMENT

All Rights Reserved

Lyrics byMARC SHAIMAN andSCOTT WITTMAN

Music byMARC SHAIMAN

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I CAN HEAR THE BELLS

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x xF

touched me. He looked at meand stared. Yes, he

ox xDm

bumped me. My

heart was un-pre-pared when he

xB

tapped me and knocked

oxF/A

me off my feet.

One

oxG7sus

lit - tle touch,

oooG7

now my life’s

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com - plete. ’Cause when he

x xF

nudged me, love

put me in a fix. Yes, it

ox xDm

hit me just like a ton of bricks. Yes, my

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heart burst. Now I know

oxF/A

what life’s a-bout. One

xF/G

lit - tle touch

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and love’s

knocked

xF/C

me

ox xCsus

out and

o oxC

I

x xF

can hear the bells. My head is spin - ning.

x xF/E

I

ox xDm

can hear the bells. Some-thing’s be - gin - ning.

x xDm/C

Ev

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- ’ry - bod-y says that a

girl

oxF/A

who looks like me can’t

xF/G

win his love.

oooG7

Well, just wait

x xDm/C

and

o oxC

see,

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’cause

o oxC

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I

x xF

can hearthe bells. Just hear them chim - ing.

x xF/E

I

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can hear the bells. My

tem-p’ra-ture’s climb - ing.

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I can’t

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con - tainmy joy ’cause I fi

oxF/A

- n’ly found the boy I’ve been

miss

xF/G

- in’.

oooG7

Lis

x xC7sus

- ten! I can hear the bells.

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4xD G

Round one, he’ll ask me on a date, and then

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round two, I’ll primp, but won’t be late be - cause

x xC

round three’s when we

kiss

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in - side his car. Won’t go

xG /A

all the way,

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but I’ll go

xG /D

pret

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- ty fa

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Round four, he’ll ask me for my hand, and then

x xG /F

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round five, we’ll

book the wed -ding band, so by

x xC

round six, Am-ber, much

4x xG /B

to your sur -prise, this

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heav

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- y -weight ’cham

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-pi - on takes

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the

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prize

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and

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can hear the bells.

My ears are ring - ing.

x xG /F

I

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can hear the bells. The brides-maids are sing - ing.

x xE m/D

Ev

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- ’ry - bod-y says that a guy

4x xG /B

who’s such a gem won’t

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look my way.

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Well,the

laugh’s

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on

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them

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’cause

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I

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can hear the bells. My fa - ther will smile...

x xG /F

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I

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can hear the bells. As he walks me down the aisle.

x xE m/D

My moth

x xC

-er starts to cry, but I can’t

see

4x xG /B

’cause Link and I are French kiss

xG /A

- in’.

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Lis

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- ten! I can hear the

bells.

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I

oooG

can hear the bells. My head is reel - in’.

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I

o oooEm

can hear the bells. I can’t stop the peal - in’.

oooox xEm/D

Ev

o oxC

- ’ry - bod-y warns that he

won’t

oox xG/B

like whathe’ll see, but I

3xG/A

know that he’ll

o o oxA7

look in - side

oooox xEm/D

of

ox xD

me.

oo ox xC/D

Yeah,

ox xD

I

oooG

can hear the bells. To - day’s just the start ’cause

oooxG/F

I

o oooEm

can hear the bells, and ’til

death do us part.

oooox xEm/D

And e

o oxC

- ven when we die we’ll look down

oox xG/B

from up a - bove, re -

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Slowly

mem

o o oxAm7

- ber - ing the night that we two

oox xG/B

fell in love.

oxAm/B

oooxG7/B

We both

o oxC

will share a tear, and he’ll

whis

oox xG/B

- per as we’re rem - i - nisc

3xG/A

- in’. Lis

ox xD7sus

- ten! I can hear the

bells.

oooG

oooxG7/F

I can hear

o o oEm7

the bells.

ox xCm/E

I can hear the bells.

oooG

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