[Verse 1] [D/A] Fre-- [C][D] ezin', [D/A] rests his [C] head on a [D] pillow made of [D/A] concrete [C] , [D] again [D/A] Oh, Fee- [C] -lin [D] ' [D/A] maybe he'll [C] see a little [D] better set a [D/A] days, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, haaa [C] aaan [D] d out, [D/A] faces that he [C] sees time a [D] gain ain't that fa [D/A] miliar, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, daaa [C] aaar [D] k grin, [D/A] he can't help, [C] when he's [D] happy looks in [D/A] sane, o [C] h ye [D] ah
[Chorus 1] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh... Oh, s [D] omeday y [Bb] et, he'll begin his l [D] ife [C] again [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain...
[Verse 2] [D/A] Kne--e l [C] in', [D] [D/A] looking through the [C] paper though he [D] doesn't know to [D/A] read, [C][D] ooh yeah [D/A] Oh, pra- [C] -yin [D] ', [D/A] now to something [C] that has never [D] showed him any [D/A] thing [C][D] [D/A] Oh, fee- [C] -lin [D] ', [D/A] understands the [C] weather of the [D] winters on its [D/A] way [C][D] [D/A] Oh, cei- [C] -lin [D] gs, [D/A] few and far be [C] tween all the [D] legal halls of [D/A] shame, [C] yeah [D] ...
[Chorus 2 - Can play Bb with low D if want to make bigger] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
[Solo] C D
[Chorus 2] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
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[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)
