Angel Of Harlem

[Intro]
G C 8x


[Verse]
         G              C
It was a cold and wet December day
        G                     C
When we touched the ground at JFK
 G               C
Snow was melting on the ground
   G     C         
  On BLS I heard the
              G    C  G  C
sound, of an angel
G                C
New York, like a Christmas tree
  G               
  Tonight this city
   C            G     C  G  C
belongs to me, Angel


[Chorus]
C         D     
  Soul love, this
                   C
love won't let me go
        D         G      C
So long, angel of Harlem


[Interlude]
G C 3x


[Verse]
G           C
Birdland on fifty-three
     G                   C
The street sounds like a symphony
       G             
  We got John Coltrane
       C
and a love supreme
G                
  Miles says she's
  C            G    C  G  C
got to be an angel
G            C
Lady Day got diamond eyes
G                  
  She sees the truth
   C             G     C  G  C
behind the lies, angel


[Chorus]
C         D     
  Soul love, this
                   C
love won't let me go
        D         G      C  G  D
So long, angel of Harlem
         G      C  G  D
angel of Harlem,   yeah


[Bridge]
Em      D       C
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
               Em    D 
  she sings with heart,
          C~
heart and soul
     G    C  G  C
Yeah yeah
     G    C  G  C
Yeah yeah


[Verse]
G                 C
Blue light on the avenue
G              C
God knows they got to you
   G                C
An empty glass, the lady sings
G                   C
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
G       C
Blinded you lost your way
G                       C  
Through the side streets

and the alleyway
G                     C
Like a star exploding in the night
G                   
  Falling to the city
    C
in broad daylight


[Pre-chorus]
   C
An angel in Devil's shoes
D
Salvation in the blues
                         C
You never looked like an angel
          D         G      C
Yeah yeah, angel of Harlem
G C 3x


[Outro]
G      C  G  C
Angel,
         G      C  G  C
angel of Harlem
G      C  G  C
Angel,
         G      C  G  C
angel of Harlem
G      C  G  C
Angel,
         G      C  G  C  G
angel of Harlem