Angel Of Harlem

[Intro]
F A# 8x


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


[Chorus]
A#         C     
  Soul love, this
                   A#
love won't let me go
        C         F      A#
So long, angel of Harlem


[Interlude]
F A# 3x


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


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


[Bridge]
Dm      C       A#
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
               Dm    C 
  she sings with heart,
          A#~
heart and soul
     F    A#  F  A#
Yeah yeah
     F    A#  F  A#
Yeah yeah


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

and the alleyway
F                     A#
Like a star exploding in the night
F                   
  Falling to the city
    A#
in broad daylight


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


[Outro]
F      A#  F  A#
Angel,
         F      A#  F  A#
angel of Harlem
F      A#  F  A#
Angel,
         F      A#  F  A#
angel of Harlem
F      A#  F  A#
Angel,
         F      A#  F  A#  F
angel of Harlem