[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 C F C F
On BLS I heard the sound, of an angel
C F
New York, like a Christmas tree
C F C F C F
Tonight this city belongs to me, Angel
[Chorus]
F G F
Soul love, this 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 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
Lady Day got diamond eyes
C F C F C F
She sees the truth behind the lies, angel
[Chorus]
F G F
Soul love, this 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 F~
she sings with heart, 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 F
Falling to the city 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
[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