U2-Angel of Harlem - BPM - 103
Harmonica is -Vocal Patches - - -
[Intro BPM 103 - No drums start]
[C] [F] x 4 then drums in
[C] [F] x 4
[Verse]
[C] It was a cold and wet De [F] cember day
[C] When we touched the ground at [F] JFK
[C] Snow was melting [F] on the ground
[C] On BLS I [F] heard the sound, of an [C] An gel [F]
[C] [F]
[C] New York, like a [F] Christmas tree
[C] Tonight this city [F] belongs to me, [C] An gel [F]
[C] [F] (drum fill)
[Chorus]
[F] Soul love...[G] this love won't let me [F] go
So long... [G] angel of [C] Harlem [F]
[C] [F] x 4
[Verse]
[C] Birdland on fifty-three [F]
[C] The street sounds like a [F] symphony
[C] We got John Coltrane and [F] a love supreme
[C] Miles says she's got to [F] be an [C] angel [F]
[C] [F]
[C] Lady Day got [F] diamond eyes
[C] She sees the truth behind the [F] lies, [C] Angel [F]
[C] [F] (drum fill)
[Chorus]
[F] Soul love...[G] this love won't let me [F] go
So long... [G] angel of [C] Harlem [F]
[Break] (change to normal chords)
[Am] Oooh, oooh [G]ooh ooo [F] oooh, She says its
[Am] heart [G] eart...heart and [F] soul...
(Just bass drum - muted F downstrokes - increase in volume)
Yeah yeah...
[C] [F] x 4
[Verse]
[C] Blue light on the avenue [F]
[C] God knows they got to [F] you
[C] An empty glass, the [F] lady sings
[C] Eyes swollen like a [F] bee sting
[C] Blinded you lost [F] your way
[C] Through the side streets and the [F] alleyway
[C] Like a star exploding [F] in the night
[C] Falling to the city in [F] broad daylight
[Break]
[F] Angel in Devil's shoes
[G] Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an a [F] angel
[F] Yeah .......... yeah [G] Angel of Harlem
[C] [F] x 4
[Outro]
[C] Angel...[F]........
[C] [F] Angel of
[C] Harlem [F]
(repeat a few times then end on C)