[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 - No drums] [Em][Em][C][G] yeah [Em][Em][C][G]
[Verse] You are [Em] my [C] fire [G] The one [Em] desi [C] re [G] Believe [Em] when [C] I [G] say [Em] I want [Em] it [D] that [G] way (drums in) But we [Em] are [C] two [G] worlds a [Em] part Can't [C] reach [G] to your [Em] heart When [C] you [G] say That [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
[Chorus] Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache) Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) (Tell me [C] why) I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say ( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
[Verse] Am I [Em] your [C] fi [G] re Your one [Em] des [C] ire [G] Yes I [Em] know, it's [C] too [G] late But [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
[Chorus] Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache) Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) (Tell me [C] why) I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say ( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
[Bridge] [Em] Now I can see that we're fa [G/D] lling apart From the [C] way that it used to [Am] be, ye [D] ah No ma [Em] tter the distance I [G/D] want you to know That [C] deep down inside of [D] me... (Drums stop)
[Verse] You are [Em] my [C] fire [G] The one [Em] desi [C] re [G] (* higher, ** even higher) You [C] are *You are, *you [D] are, (goes higher) you [G] **are are [Em]
[Chorus] [D] (stop) Don't wanna hear you (full drums) [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mist [F#m] take [D] I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
[Chorus] Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take Tell me [D] why I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take Tell me [D] why I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say (drums stop) [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
