U2 – Angel Of Harlem (Guitar)

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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