Intro]     C    F       (x4)
 
Verse
 
C                      F 
It was a cold and wet December day 
C                              F 
When we touched the ground at JFK 
C              F 
Snow was melting on the ground 
C        F                        C    F 
  F 
On BLS I heard the sound,   of an angel 
C               F 
New York, like a Christmas tree 
C                F                C     F 
 F 
Tonight this city belongs to me,   Angel 
 
Chorus I       (change to a normal F)
 
F     G                           F 
Soul love...this love won't let me go 
          G       C    F       (x4)
So long...angel of Harlem 
 
C                    F 
Birdland on fifty-three 
C                        F 
The street sounds like a symphony 
C                        F 
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme 
C                      F       C   F 
 F 
Miles says she's got to be an angel 
C                  F 
Lady Day got diamond eyes 
C                             F      C     F 
  F 
She sees the truth behind the lies,   Angel 
 
Chorus II (change to a normal F)
 
Break (change to normal chords)
 
Am     G         F 
Oooh, oooh….oooh, aaahh aaaaahhh 
        Am      G                F      (1 strum & stop) 
 She says it's heart...heart and soul... 
 
Pause 2-3-4 
 
             C     F   x4
Yeah yeah...(yeah) 
 
C                   F 
Blue light on the avenue 
C                   F 
God knows they got to you 
C                    F 
An empty glass, the lady sings 
C                    F 
Eyes swollen like a bee sting 
C                F 
Blinded you lost your way 
C                                F 
Through the side streets and the alleyway 
C                     F 
Like a star exploding in the night 
C                       F 
Falling to the city in broad daylight 
 
Break (change to normal chords)
      F 
An angel in Devil's shoes 
G 
Salvation in the blues 
                          F 
You never looked like an angel 
          G          C    F   x4
Yeah yeah...angel of Harlem