[Intro]
F# B 8x
[Verse]
F# B
It was a cold and wet December day
F# B
When we touched the ground at JFK
F# B
Snow was melting on the ground
F# B F# B F# B
On BLS I heard the sound, of an angel
F# B
New York, like a Christmas tree
F# B F# B F# B
Tonight this city belongs to me, Angel
[Chorus]
B C# B
Soul love, this love won't let me go
C# F# B
So long, angel of Harlem
[Interlude]
F# B 3x
[Verse]
F# B
Birdland on fifty-three
F# B
The street sounds like a symphony
F# B
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
F# B F# B F# B
Miles says she's got to be an angel
F# B
Lady Day got diamond eyes
F# B F# B F# B
She sees the truth behind the lies, angel
[Chorus]
B C# B
Soul love, this love won't let me go
C# F# B F# C#
So long, angel of Harlem
F# B F# C#
angel of Harlem, yeah
[Bridge]
D#m C# B
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
D#m C# B~
she sings with heart, heart and soul
F# B F# B
Yeah yeah
F# B F# B
Yeah yeah
[Verse]
F# B
Blue light on the avenue
F# B
God knows they got to you
F# B
An empty glass, the lady sings
F# B
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
F# B
Blinded you lost your way
F# B
Through the side streets and the alleyway
F# B
Like a star exploding in the night
F# B
Falling to the city in broad daylight
[Pre-chorus]
B
An angel in Devil's shoes
C#
Salvation in the blues
B
You never looked like an angel
C# F# B
Yeah yeah, angel of Harlem
F# B 3x
[Outro]
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B
angel of Harlem
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B
angel of Harlem
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B F#
angel of Harlem
[Intro]
F# B 8x
[Verse]
F# B
It was a cold and wet December day
F# B
When we touched the ground at JFK
F# B
Snow was melting on the ground
F# B On BLS I heard the
F# B F# B
sound, of an angel
F# B
New York, like a Christmas tree
F# Tonight this city
B F# B F# B
belongs to me, Angel
[Chorus]
B C# Soul love, this
B
love won't let me go
C# F# B
So long, angel of Harlem
[Interlude]
F# B 3x
[Verse]
F# B
Birdland on fifty-three
F# B
The street sounds like a symphony
F# We got John Coltrane
B
and a love supreme
F# Miles says she's
B F# B F# B
got to be an angel
F# B
Lady Day got diamond eyes
F# She sees the truth
B F# B F# B
behind the lies, angel
[Chorus]
B C# Soul love, this
B
love won't let me go
C# F# B F# C#
So long, angel of Harlem
F# B F# C#
angel of Harlem, yeah
[Bridge]
D#m C# B
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
D#m C# she sings with heart,
B~
heart and soul
F# B F# B
Yeah yeah
F# B F# B
Yeah yeah
[Verse]
F# B
Blue light on the avenue
F# B
God knows they got to you
F# B
An empty glass, the lady sings
F# B
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
F# B
Blinded you lost your way
F# B
Through the side streets
and the alleyway
F# B
Like a star exploding in the night
F# Falling to the city
B
in broad daylight
[Pre-chorus]
B
An angel in Devil's shoes
C#
Salvation in the blues
B
You never looked like an angel
C# F# B
Yeah yeah, angel of Harlem
F# B 3x
[Outro]
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B
angel of Harlem
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B
angel of Harlem
F# B F# B
Angel,
F# B F# B F#
angel of Harlem