[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)
[Verse 1] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... where there's [Am7] music and there's [G] people who are [Am7] young and a [G] live [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] any [Fmaj7] more.... [C] ... [G]
[Verse 2] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... because I [Am7] want to see [G] people and I [Am7] want to see [G] lights [Fmaj7][C][G] [Am7] Driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] Oh, [Fmaj7] please don't drop me [C] home be [G] cause it's not [Am7] my home, it's [G] their home and I'm [Am7] welcome no [G] more [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Verse 3] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... oh take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] And in the [Am7] darkened [G] under [Am7] pass I [G] thought Oh [Fmaj7] God, my chance has come at last [C][G]
(but then a [Am7] strange fear g [G] ripped me and I [Am7] just couldn't a [G] sk) [Fmaj7][C][G]
[Verse 4] [Am7] .... [G] Take me [Am7] out.. [G] ..to [Fmaj7] night... [C] ... [G] ..... take me [Am7] anywhere, I don't [G] care I don't [Am7] care.. [G] .. [Fmaj7] ...... [C] .. [G] Just [Am7] driving [G] in your [Am7] car [G] I [Fmaj7] never never want to go [C] home be [G] cause I haven't [Am7] got one [G][Am7][G] I haven't [Fmaj7] got one..... [C] .. [G]
[Bridge] Dm Fmaj7 G
[Chorus] And if a [C] double-decker [Am7] bus [Fmaj7] crashes into us [G] to die by [C] your side is such a [Fmaj7] heavenly way to [Dm] die And if a [C] ten ton truc [Am7] k [Fmaj7] kills the both of us [G] to die by [C] your side the [Fmaj7] pleasure the privilege is [Dm] mine
[Outro] [Am7] There is a [G] light and it [Am7] never goes [G] out [Fmaj7] There is a light and it [C] never goes [G] out