[BPM 106 - Verse 1 - Start just with bass and bass drum then full drums] [Chords? - X00232 and 079987] Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look across the [Em] water And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doin' and in my head I paint a [Em] picture
[Chorus - Chords in now - simulate horns - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff - Fuller chords D Dsus4 D up neck x57775 - Em - 079987 079x10x 079987] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 2] Did you [D] have to go to jail, put your house on up for sale, did you get a good [Em] lawyer I hope you [D] didn't catch a tan, I hope you found the right man who'll fix it for [Em] ya Are you [D] shoppin' anywhere, changed the colour of your hair, [Em] are you busy? And did you [D] have to pay that fine you was dodging all the time, are you still [Em] dizzy?
[Chorus - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee
[Verse 3 - Drums stop - strums] Well, some [D] times I go out by myself and I look across the [Em] water (drums back in) And I [D] think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I paint a p [Em] icture
[Chorus - Strums] 'Cos [G] since I've come on home, well my [F#m] body's been a mess And I've [G] missed your ginger hair and the [F#m] way you like to dress [G] Won't you come on over, [F#m] stop making a fool out of [A] me [A] Why don't you come on over, [Horn Riff] Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Va- [D] a-lerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Mmm [D] Valerie, Valer [Em] ie-e-ee Valer [D] ie-e-ee, Va-a-le-r [Em] ieee Why don't you come on over Va- [Dmaj7] alerie...
[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)
