Intro] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Chorus 1] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Verse 1] A It's not the things you do that D E tease and hurt me bad A But it's the way you do the things D E you do to me, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Chorus 2] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Verse 2] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 3] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Bridge] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Verse 3] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 4] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, D E D E Number one, number one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Chorus 5] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one
[Chorus 6] A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A I'm gonna be your number one, your D E ...number one
[Coda] A D E ||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [Repeat]
[Suggestion for ending] D E [Riff] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / A / | / || ==================================== [Chorus Riff] D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|------------- B|--0-----------|------------- G|--1-----------|------------- D|--2--0--------|------------- A|--------4--2--|--0---------- E|--------------|-----4--2--0- ================= -| -| -| -| -| -|
[Option for the Chorus riff, with ch D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|--------0--0- B|--0-----------|--------0--0- G|--1-----------|--------9\-1- D|--2--0--------|--------9\-2- A|--------4--2--|--0-----7\-2- E|--------------|-----4-----0- ord slide] -| -| -| -| -| -
[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)
