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Another Side of Bob Dylan · 1964

Chimes of Freedom

A long visionary song, it was covered by The Byrds on their 1965 debut album.

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The words

Sheltering from a storm, two people imagine the storm tolling for every outcast and underdog in the world.

Two people shelter in a doorway during a night thunderstorm, and the lightning seems to them like great bells ringing out. Each verse widens the list of those the bells ring for: the refugees, the gentle, the outcasts, the mistreated, the lonely and the misunderstood, all over the world. The refrain returns them to the simple act of watching the storm. It is long, hymn-like and visionary, sung over a steady acoustic strum.

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The words

Sheltering from a storm, two people imagine the storm tolling for every outcast and underdog in the world.

Two people shelter in a doorway during a night thunderstorm, and the lightning seems to them like great bells ringing out. Each verse widens the list of those the bells ring for: the refugees, the gentle, the outcasts, the mistreated, the lonely and the misunderstood, all over the world. The refrain returns them to the simple act of watching the storm. It is long, hymn-like and visionary, sung over a steady acoustic strum.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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Covered byChimes of FreedomThe Byrds · 1965The Byrds put the song on their first album, next to their Mr. Tambourine Man hit.Covered byChimes of FreedomBruce Springsteen · 1988Bruce Springsteen released a live version to promote the Human Rights Now! tour.Same theme asRing Them Bells1989Both use ringing bells as a call on behalf of the suffering, a quarter century apart.Same theme asMr. Tambourine Man1965Both are long visionary songs of 1964 that the Byrds recorded on their first album.
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