[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)
[Intro - Drums straight in] [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db] (play pattern 111 133 with power chords to suggest 7th but not on Db) (keyboard riff is play the sus2 Eb Eb Ebsus2 Eb - x688 x6810 x6810)
[Verse 1] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] find myself [Db] in [Eb] love with you [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I could buy my [Bbm] reaso [Db] ning I'd [Eb] pay to lose [Bbm][Db] One [E] half won't do
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I've [F] asked myself how much [G] do you. [Am] .. [F][G][C] Com [F] mit yourself? (drums BBS BBS)
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]
[Instrumental] [Fm][Fm] (implied more than played - bass also stops) [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db]
[Verse 2] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] blind myself [Db] I [Eb] never knew [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I was sometimes [Bbm] played upon [Db] a [E] fraid to lose
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I'd [F] tell myself what good you [G] do [Am] ... [F][G][C] Con[F] vince myself
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]