ANGEL OF HARLEM

U2

Note from website: The F, G & Am chords during the breaks and choruss are played as per
normal.
pinky finger on string 1, fret 3. The F in the verses is played, from the C shape
the C & Fs during the intro & verses are played as such: the C is as per normal but with
by merely dropping fingers 2 & 3 (the two middle ones) one string down each, your
and index figures stay where they are throughout all the C-F changes. Thus the change
C to F and back to C again during the verses is done by merely moving fingers 2 & 3 up or
one string each.
Strum: In the verses the C is played two down-one up with a change into F which is
down-up, down-up and then back into C again

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
On BLS I heard the sound, of an angel
C
F
New York, like a Christmas tree
C
F
c
Tonight this city belongs to me, Angel
Chorus I
(change to a normal F)
F
G
Soul love...this love won't let me go
G
[C
So long...angel of Harlem

c f

F
F]

(x4)

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 c f
Miles says she's got to be an angel
C
F c f c f
Lady Day got diamond eyes
C
F
She sees the truth behind the lies, Angel

ANGEL OF HARLEM

Chorus II (change to a normal F)

Break: (change to normal chords)
Am
G
F
Oooh, oooh.oooh, aaahh aaaaahhh
Am
G
F
She says it's heart...heart and soul...

(1 strum & stop)

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

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