BPM 174 - Just drums at beginning x 2 - then slidey riff x 2 with D A at end of final run A - 7--- E - 4/5 [Start with D to A keyb riff - Verse- LONGER THAN YOU THINK TO FIRST D]
[Verse 1] B [A] een working so hard , [D][A] I'm punching my card, [D][A] eight hours, for what? [D][A] Oh, tell me what I got... [D] I got this feelin that times just a holdin me d [A] own, i [D] 'll hit the ceiling...or else [D#(X67XXX)] i'll tear up this town........ [E][E/F#][E/G#][(stop)]
Tonight I gotta [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A ] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
2 x slidey riff - then back in with D A key riff
[Verse] Y [A] ou're playing so cool, [D][A] Obeying every rule, [D][A] Dig way down in your heart [D][A] You're yearning, burning fo [D] r some, somebody to tell you, that life ain't passing [A] you by (no slidey riff) I [D] 'm trying to te [D#] ll [D] you, It will if you don't even try [E][E/F#][E/G#]
You can fly if you'd only [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Ooh-wee, [D] Ma [A] rie [D] Shake it, shake it for [A] me [A] Whoa, [D] Mi [A] lo C [D] 'mon C'mon Lets [A] Go [A] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
[A] First, we got to turn you around [D][A] Second, you put your feet on the ground [D][A] Third, now take a hold of your soul [E][E/G#][E/B - 7th fret barre] [Don't hold as long as record - just hold E/B for 1 bar then stop - then back in]
Im turning it loose [Chorus] No 'loose' come in on the D to A riff and 'foot loose' -- [D + snare] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose [Stop] [Ignore original ending]
[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)