[Intro - Just bass drum - finger pick - 1 bar each- Capo 3 original key but not bother for live] [Bm][D][A][Em]
[Verse 1] I let it [Bm] fall, my [D] heart And as it [A] fell, you rose to claim .... [Em] it It was [Bm] dark and I was [D] over Until you [A] kissed my lips and you [Em] saved me My [Bm] hands, they're [D] strong but my [A] knees were far too weak [Em] To [Bm] stand in your [D] arms without [A] falling to your [A] feet
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums - Play Bm full barre across all strings for maximum volume] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum or B B B S] When I [Bm] lay with [D] you I could [A] stay there, [Em] close my eyes feel you [Bm] here for ev [D] er You and [A] me together, nothing is [A] better
[Pre-chorus] But there's a [G] side to you that I [Em] never knew, never knew All the [Bm] things you'd say, they were [Bm] never true, never true And the [G] games you'd play, you would [A] always win, always win
[Chorus - Full drums] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Bridge - Drums On off off] Sometimes [G] I wake up by the [D/A] door .. That heart you [F#m] caught must be waitin' for [A] you .. Even now [G] when we're already o [D/A] ver .. I can't [F#m] help myself from looking for [A] ya a
[Chorus] But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] Watched it [A] pour as I touched your [A/B] face [A] Well, it [Em] burned while I cried 'Cause I [Em] heard it [G] screaming out your [Bm] name, your [A] name
But I set [Bm] fire to the [Bm/C#] rain [Bm] And I threw us [A] into the [A/B] fl [A] ames Well, it [Em] fell something died 'Cause I [Em] knew that [G] that was the last [Bm] time, the last [A] time
[Outro - All chords 1 bar] Oo [Bm] oh, [Bm] oh.. [A] no, oh [A] Let it [Em] burn, oh [Em] oh [Bm] oh [A] Let it [Bm] burn [Bm] urn [A] urn … [A] Let it [Em] burn [Em] urn uh [Bm] urn [A] urn
[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)
