[Verse 1] I sit and wait [E] .............. does an angel .......contem [A] plate my fate ([C#m]) (C#m passing chord - just play on 4) [B] ...................and do they know [E] .....the places where we go when we're grey and [A] old ...................... ([C#m]) [B] ........... 'cos I've been [F#m] told .......... that salva [A] tion ........... lets their [C#m7] wings unfold .................. [A] ................. so when I'm [D] lying in my bed ........thoughts [A/C#] running through my head ..... and I [E] feel that love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Verse 2] [E] when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one [A] way street ([C#m]) [B] ................. I look above [E] ......... and I know i'll always be blessed [A] with love ([C#m]) [B] ............... and [D] as the feeling grows ... she breathes [A/C#] flesh to my bones and [E] when love is dead ............ [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
[Solo] Bm A E E x4
[Chorus] and through it [B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion a lot of love and a [A] ffection whether I'm right or [E] wrong and down the water [B] fall wherever it may [C#m] take me I know that life wont [A] break me when I come to [E/G#] call she wont for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me [D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
[Looping - you have to grab the G to B to C during lord I can't change bit - so you can get the solo tone ready] [Intro] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D]
[Verse 1] [G] If I [D] leave here to [Em] morrow [F] Would you [C] still remember [D] me? [G] For I must be [D] travelling [Em] on now [F] Cos there's too many [C] places I got to [D] see
[G] If I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change
[Interlude] [G][D][Em][Em] - [F][C][D][D] x 2
[Verse 2] [G] Bye bye, [D] it's been a [Em] sweet love [F] Though this [C] feeling I can't [D] change [G] But please don't [D] take it so [Em] badly [F] Cos the Lord [C] knows I'm to [D] blame
[G] But if I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you'll never [D] change, oh oh oh
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change [F] Lord [C] help me, I can't [D] change
[G][Bb] Lord, I [C] can't change Won't you [G] fly [Bb] high [C] free bird, yeah!
