[Riff] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D E 0------x-3--2----0------x-3-5-3-2-3-2----(Em 3 5 3 D 2 3 2) B 0-1-0--3-0--3----0-1-0--3-0-----3---- G 0------0-0--2----0------0-0-----2--- D 2------0-2--0----2------0-x-----0--- A 3------x-2--0----3------x-2--------- E -------3-0--x-----------3-0---------
[Intro - Capo 2 - vocal starts on F# if you use Capo, E if not] Cmaj7 G Em D x 2
[Verse 1] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car, [Em] I want a ticket to [D] anywhere. [Cmaj7] Maybe we make a [G] deal, [Em] Maybe together we can [D] get somewhere. [Cmaj7] Any place is bette [G] r. [Em] Starting from zero, got [D] nothing to lose. [Cmaj7] Maybe we'll make somet [G] hing, [Em] Me myself, I got [D] nothing to prove.
[Link 1] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 2] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car [Em] And I got a plan [D] to get us out of here I been [Cmaj7] working at the conv [G] enience store [Em] Managed to save j [D] ust a little bit of money [Cmaj7] Won't have to drive too [G] far Just c [Em] ross the border and [D] into the city [Cmaj7] You and I c [G] an both get jobs And [Em] finally see what it [D] means to be living
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 3] You see [Cmaj7] my old man's [G] got a problem He [Em] live with the bottle [D] that's the way it is He says his [Cmaj7] body's too old f [G] or working His b [Em] ody's too young to [D] look like his My [Cmaj7] mama went off and [G] left him She w [Em] anted more from life than [D] he could give I said, " [Cmaj7] somebody's got to take [G] care of him" So I [Em] quit school and [D] that's what I did
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 4] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car But is it f [Em] ast enough so we can [D] fly away [Cmaj7] We gotta make a deci [G] sion [Em] We leave tonight or live and [D] die this way
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 1] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 5] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car And [Em] we go cruising to enterta [D] in ourselves You [Cmaj7] still ain't got a j [G] ob And I [Em] work in a market [D] as a checkout girl [Cmaj7] I know things will get b [G] etter [Em] You'll find work and I [D] 'll get promoted [Cmaj7] Well move out of the [G] shelter [Em] Buy a big house and [D] live in the suburbs
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 2] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 6] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car And [Em] I got a job that [D] pays all our bills You [Cmaj7] stay out drinking [G] late at the bar See [Em] more of your friends than you [D] do of your kids [C] I'd always hoped for [G] better Thought [Em] maybe togethe [D] r you and me would find it [C] I got no plans I ain't [G] going nowhere So [Em] take your fast car an [D] d keep on driving
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Chorus 3] I remember when we were [C] driving, driving in your car The [G] speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Em] City lights lay out before us And your [D] arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling that I belonged And [C] I.. [Em] .. had a [D] feeling I could be someone, [C] be someone, [D] be someone
[Link] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D
[Verse 7] [Cmaj7] You got a fast [G] car But is it [Em] fast enough so you can [D] fly away [Cmaj7] You gotta make a dec [G] ision [Em] You leave tonight or live and [D] die this way
[Coda] Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G Em D Cmaj7 G
[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)
