[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] [E] Live baby [Esus4] live [E] Now [Esus4] that the day is [E] over [Esus4] I gotta [B] new sensation In [A] perfect moments (bit of vamp on A) Thats [E] so Impossible to refuse
[Riff A Figure] E -------------- B ---------9979- G ---------9979- D ---------9979- A ---5-5-7-7757---[Stop] E -77-7---------
[Verse] [E] Sleep baby sleep [Esus][E] Now [Esus4] that the night is [E] ov [Esus4] er And the [B] sun comes Like a god in [A] to our room (bit of vamp on A) All [E] perfect light and promises
[Chorus - Backward drums - but only on new sensation bits to make more interesting] [Riff B - E-5h7 A-55 7] [Pattern is E E/G# (E/G# E7) B S B S [E/G#] Gotta [E/G#] hold [E7] on you
A new sensation, a new sensation Right n [E] ow, (Riff A) I'm gonna take you over A new sensation, a [E] new [D] sen [C#] sa [B] tion
[Verse] [E] Dream baby [Esus4] dream Of all that's come and [E] going [Esus4] And you will [B] find out in the end There re [A] ally is There really is no [E] difference
(twice round E to Esus4 riff) [Riff A Figure][E] (stop) [Pause] 1 2 3 4 Ha
[Verse] (drums back in) [E] Cry baby cry [Esus4][E] When you [Esus4] got to get it [E] out [Esus4] I'll be your [B] shoulder You can tell me all Don't keep it [A] in ya Well that's the [E] reason why I'm here
[Chorus - Backward drums] [Riff B - E-5h7 A-55 7] [E] Hey hey Are you ready for a new [E] sensation, new sensation Right [E] now
[Chorus - Backward drums] [Riff B - E-5h7 A-55 7] Gonna take you [E] on a new sensation, new sensation ( [E] New sensation, news sensation) (A new sensation) [E][D][C#][B]
[Solo] [E]
[Verse] [E] Hate baby hate [Esus4][E] When there's [Esus4] nothing left for [E] you [Esus4] You're only [B] human what can you do It'll soon be [A] over (bit of vamp on A) Don't let your [E] pain take over you
[Verse - Head voice] [E] Love baby [Esus4] love [E] It's [Esus4] written all over your [E] fa [Esus4] ce There's nothing [B] better we could do Than live for [A] ever (bit of vamp on A) Well that's all [E] we've got to do
[Chorus] [Riff B - E-5h7 A-55 7] Hey now I'm gonna take a [E] new sensation, new sensation [E] Right now Gotta hold on y [E] ou [E] A new sensation, new sensation [E] A new sensation, a new sensation [E] A new sensation
