Angel Of Harlem Chords

Angel of Harlem - U2   submitted by Warren Black
 
The KEY to getting this song right is applying the CORRECT C & F chords.
 
Chords:  The F, G & Am chords during the breaks and choruses are played as per normal.
The C & F’s during the intro & verses are played as such: the C is as per normal but with
pinky finger on string 1, fret 3. The F in the verses is played, from the C shape
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 verse’s 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. Listen to the song intro and you will hear.
Try changing the strum pattern in the break & chorus for maximum effect
 
It takes some practice to get right but when you do it sounds awesome!
 
 
[Intro]
 
(C    F)     (x4)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
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  F
On BLS I heard the sound,   of an angel
C               F
New York, like a Christmas tree
C                F                C     F F
Tonight this city belongs to me,   Angel
 
 
[Chorus I] (change to a normal F)
 
F     G                           F
Soul love...this love won't let me go
          G       (C    F)     (x4)
So long...angel of Harlem
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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 F
Miles says she's got to be an angel
C                  F
Lady Day got diamond eyes
C                             F      C     F  F
She sees the truth behind the lies,   Angel
 
 
[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...
 
Pause 2-3-4
 
             (C     F)   x4
Yeah yeah...(yeah)
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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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