[RIFF 1] E --------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------- G --XXXX-XXX7-X77X-XXX7 X77X XXX7 X77X D --------------------------------------- A --------------------------------------- D --------------------------------------- DR-------B----B----B----S---------------- (not played but shows where beat is)
[RIFF 2] Drums in (start on snare) E ---------X---------------9-------------------------------------------- B ---------7-------10--------------------------10------------10--------10 G ---------7---7---------7-----------------7-------7------77-------7---- D ---------7------------------------------------------------------------ A ---------X------------------------------------------------------------ D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DR-S-------B-------B-------B-------S-------B-------B-------B-------S----
After 3 times around B B B S play Drum fill (DF)--1---2---3---4--- repeats every 4th bar ----------------B--SB-B-B-B-S (Some times fill is just a double on final B (DF2) B B BBS
[VERSE RIFF] - PLAY DROP D - PLAY G CHORD WITH HIGH A ON E STRING SO GET THAT DRONING AFFECT E ------------------------------------- B ---------------10----1010--10----10-- G ---------------7-----7-7---7-----7--- D ---------------7-----7-7---7-----7--- A -------X---X------------------------- D -------0---0------------------------- DR-------B-------B-------B-------S---
[VERSE RIFF 2 - EASIEST PATTERN] - PLAY DROP D - PLAY G CHORD WITH HIGH A ON E STRING SO GET THAT DRONING AFFECT E ------------------------------------- B -------10----10X-X-10-----1010-10------- G -------7-----7-X-X-7------7-7--7----- D -------7-----7-X-X-7------7-7--7------- A -------X----------------------------- D -------0---------------------------- DR-------B-------B-------B-------S--- ---------D----U--D-U-D-----U--D--D (Strum direction - Up, Down)
[INTRO - RIFF 1 AND RIFF 2 - Drum fill (DF) at end]
[VERSE 1 - RIFF 2 WITH SECOND HALF REPEATED OF RIFF PLAYED 3 TIMES - G = 500005] I have [D] climbed highest [D] mountains, I have [D] run throug [D] h the fields (DF) Only to [G] be with you, only to [D] be with you (DF) I have [D] run, I have [D] crawled, I have [D] scaled these cit [D] y walls, These city [G] walls, only to [D] be with you. (DF2)
[CHORUS 1 - A x07650 G - 500005] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, (Off beat on snare) But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. (DF) [VERSE 2]
I have [D] kissed honey [D] lips, felt the [D] healing fing [D] ertips It burned like [G] fire, this burning de [D] sire. (DF) I have [D] spoke with the tongue of [D] angels, I have [D] held the hand of th [D] e devil (DF) It was warm in the [G] night, I was cold as a [D] stone. (DF2) [CHORUS 2] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, (DF) But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. (DF2)
[INST. BREAK] D x 4 - play sus4 line (play 0077710 and 0077810) 1 2 3 (&4&1) - remember snare on $ D X 2 G x 2 D x 2 (DF2)
[VERSE 3] I be [D] lieve in Kingdom [D] Come, then all the [D] colors will bleed into [D] one, (DF) Bleed into [G] one, but yes I'm still [D] running. (DF) You broke the [D] bonds and loosed the [D] chains, Carried the [D] cross, of my [D] shame, (DF) of my [G] shame... you know I believe [D] it. (DF)
[CHORUS 3] But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for. But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for, But I [A] still haven't [G] found what I'm [D] looking for.
[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)
