Gene Pitney – Blue Angel (Guitar)

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#2 Australia and #39 in UK on BRONZE Records in 1974. INTRO: D #1.
D
When we were kids I was your friend watching 

    G
you grow.

G          Em                              D
You didn't get much of the love most of us know.
CHORUS:
D                G      A       Em      D
Ohh, ohhhh, blue angel, I can't put you down.

B             Em                   Gm7       D     
I should know better..I grew up in your part of town.

D                       G        A      Em         D
And I can bless my good fortune..I came through it fine.

B               E Em           A
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel you will always be a good old

          D
friend of mine.
#2.
D                                           G
How many years since you took off with your guitar?

          Em                                   D
Joining a band and singing sad songs round the bar?

D               G      A                   D
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel, guess I should have known.

B            E               Em       Gm7       D
That's not a good life for a girl far away from home.

D                           G       A            D
When you were sad, poor and lonely..too proud to let on.

B               E Em            G                 A
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel, all your better times just never 

      D
came along.
#3.
D                                   G
Now, the gentlemen of Soho buy your kindness and your smile.

         Em              A           D
And your flesh is just a souvenir of London for a while.

D               Bm                        F#m
But I know what keeps you going, what you spend your money on.

     G               D                G                    D
Some pusher man from hell has got you hooked on all that's wrong.

      G                                F#m
And a pretty dress don't cover up your eyes.

      G                                  Em         A
And I won't forget the emptiness I found in your disguise.
OUTRO:
      D                 G         Em       D
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la..la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la..

D                G      A       Em      D
Ohh, ohhhh, blue angel, I can't put you down.

B             Em                   Gm7          A
I should know better..I grew up in your part of town..(Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.