Angel of Harlem – U2
From the Album “Rattle and Hum” 1988

Chords   EADGBe
        x32010
        133211
      332010
    x33210
       x02210
        320003


[INTRO]
    (x8)


[VERSE]
           
It was a cold 

        
and wet Decemb

er day
           
When we touche

              
d the ground a

  
t J.F.K.
           
Snow was melti

   
ng on the grou

nd
         
On B.L.S. I he


ard the sound
       
Of an angel

     


           
New York, like

   
 a Christmas t

ree
           
Tonight this c

    
ity belongs to

 me
    
Angel

  


[CHORUS]
            
Soul love..., 

              
this love won'

         
t let me go...
             
So long....., 

          
Angel of Harle

            
m


[VERSE]
         
Birdland on fi


fty-three
           
The street sou

           
nds like a sym

/
phony
           
We got John Co

             
ltrane and a l


ove supreme
           
Miles says she

         
's got to be a

        
n angel


          
Lady Day got d


iamond eyes
           
She sees the t

     
ruth behind th

e lies
     
Angel

/ 


[CHORUS]
            
Soul love..., 

              
this love won'

         
t let me go...
             
So long....., 

          
Angel of Harle

    
m          Ang

/    
el of Harlem  

    
   yeah


[BRIDGE]
           
Oooh, oooh ooo

        
h, oooh Oooh
             
She says it's 

           
heart...heart 

    
and soul
      
Yeah yeah!    

        
 Yeah yeah
      
Yeah yeah!    

        
 Yeah


[VERSE]
           
Blue light on 

    
the avenue
           
God knows they

 
 got to you
           
An empty glass

      
, the lady sin

gs
           
Eyes swollen l

      
ike a bee stin

g
         
Blinded you lo


st your way
            
Through the si

             
de streets and

     
 the alleyway
           
Like a star ex

        
ploding in the

 night
           
Falling to the

         
 city in broad

 daylight

 
[BRIDGE]
   
An angel in De

vil's shoes

Salvation in t

he blues
              
You never look

           
ed like an ang

el...
             
Yeah... yeah..

           
. Angel of Har

          
lem


[OUTRO]
    
Angel...,     

      
   Angel of Ha

    
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Angel...,     

      
   Angel of Ha

    
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Angel...,     

      
   Angel of Ha

    
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Angel...,     

      
   Angel of Ha

       
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