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Version 1
            [Verse 1]
D                            Em
In the sleepy town of San Juanita
A7                             D      Am
There's a story that the padre tells
B7                     Em     Gm
Of a gay senor and senorita
        D     Bm   Em7  A7   D     Bm   A7
And the serenade   of   the  bells
[Verse 2]
D                                 Em
Seems they asked the padre for permission
A7                         D       Am
To be married early in the spring
B7                                   Em      Gm
But their folks had made just one condition
         D       Bm    Em7 A7 D
That the mission bells had to ring
[Bridge]
    Em7      A7       G          Bm
Now everyone knew the bells were broken
           Em            A7        D    D7
And hadn't sounded for a long long time
Bm                                F#m
Then one night the village was astounded
Dm      A     Bm7   E7  A7    Em7   A7
For the bells began to chime
[Verse 3]
D                                   Em
Still the bells are broken goes the story
A7                               D       Am
But if in your heart a true love dwells
B7                                  Em    Gm
They will ring for you in all their glory
           D     Bm  Em7 A7  D
That's the serenade  of  the bells
[Interlude]
D    Em
A7   D   Am
B7   Em  Gm
D   Bm  Em7  A7  D
[Bridge]
    Em7      A7       G          Bm
Now everyone knew the bells were broken
           Em            A7        D    D7
And hadn't sounded for a long long time
Bm                                F#m
Then one night the village was astounded
Dm      A     Bm7   E7  A7    Em7   A7
For the bells began to chime
[Verse 3]
D                                   Em
Still the bells are broken goes the story
A7                               D       Am
But if in your heart a true love dwells
B7                                  Em    Gm
They will ring for you in all their glory
           D     Bm  Em7 A7  D
That's the serenade  of  the bells 
        
                