Angel Of Harlem

[Intro]
C F 8x


[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         
  On BLS I heard the
              C    F  C  F
sound, of an angel
C                F
New York, like a Christmas tree
  C               
  Tonight this city
   F            C     F  C  F
belongs to me, Angel


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


[Interlude]
C F 3x


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


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


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


[Verse]
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                   
  Falling to the city
    F
in broad daylight


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


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