Riff in final section - xxx232 xxx232 xxx235 x42224 x42222 x4222(2) - emphasis on B string INTRO RIFF - A to G with b ringing 3x0003 then hammer on 3x0023 then D (barre 222 with 1st finger this to be able to play the notes) is D 0232 0252 0222 0202 0222 then G with B ringing 3x0003 then xx043x xx023x xx043x then A Violin line during Chorus - D 0232 0252 0222 0202 (not back to Dmaj7) D G A Riff during Verse is xx043x xx023x xx043x then A [Intro] BPM 123 | A G | D/F# | G | D G A |
[Verse 1] I was [A] working part [G] time in a [D/F#] five-and-dime, My [G] boss was Mr. McGee. [D][G][A] [A] He told me several [G] times that he [D/F#] didn't like my kind, 'Cause [G] I was a bit 2 leisurely. [D][G][A] [A] Seems that I was [G] busy doing [D/F#] something close 2 nothing, But [G] different than the day before. [D][G][A] [A] That's when I [G] saw her, [D/F#] ooh, I saw her She walked [G] in through the out door (out door).
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A]Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 2] [A] Built like she [G] was, uh, [D/F#] she had the nerve 2 ask me If I [G] planned 2 do her any harm [D][G][A] [A] So, look here, I put her on the back [G] of my bike and-a [D/F#] we went riding [G] Down by old man Johnson's farm [D][G][A] [A] I said now, overcast [G] days never [D/F#] turned me on But [G] something about the clouds and her mixed [D][G][A] [A] She wasn't [G] 2 bright but [D/F#] I could tell When she kissed [G] m
She knew how 2 get her kicks
[Chorus] She wore a [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] The [G] kind U find in a se [D] cond [G] hand [A] store [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] And [G] if it was warm she wouldn't wear [D] much [A] more [A] Rasp [G] berry beret [D/F#] I think I [E] love [A] her
[Verse 3] [D] The rain [A/C#] sounds so cool [D] when it [A/C#] hits the barn roof, [NC] And the horses wonder who U are. [D] Thunder [A/C#] drowns out what the [D] lightning sees [A/C#] U [NC] feel like a movie star Listen, [G] they say [F#m] the first time [E] ain't the greatest But I tell ya, [NC] if I had the chance 2 do it all again I [G] wouldn't change a stroke 'cause [F#m] baby I'm the most, With a [E] girl as fine as she was then. (chorus repeated to fade)
[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)
