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ANGEL 
play throughout opening spoken section:
|   Fmaj7      F6|     Em7       Am7|
              I got a call the other day
It was my sister Carolyn, saying
"Aretha, come by when you can
I've got something that I wanna say"
And when I got there she said
"You know rather than go through a long drawn out thing
I think the melody on the box will help me explain"Dm7  F/G  
[Chorus]
Gotta find me an Cmaj7angelFmaj7  
To Cmaj7fly away with meFmaj7  
Gotta find me an Cmaj7angelFmaj7  
Ooo Cmaj7and set me freeFmaj7  
[Verse]
My Dm7heart is without a homeG  
I don't Em7want to be aloneAm7  
I gotta find me an Dm7angelF/G  
In my Cmaj7life,          Fmaj7in my Cmaj7lifeFmaj7  
Too Cmaj7long have I Fmaj7loved
So Cmaj7unattached withinFmaj7  
So much Cmaj7that I knowFmaj7  
That Cmaj7I need somebody soFmaj7  
So I Dm7will just go onF/G  
Ho Em7ping that I find Am7me someone
Gotta find me an Dm7angel F/G  
In my Cmaj7life...        Fmaj7in my Cmaj7lifeFmaj7  
|       F  G|       Ab  Bb|      C  Bb|       C|
|       F  G|       Ab  Bb|      C  Bb|       C|
|       Bb|        Gm|        C|        |
|       Bb|        Gm|        C|         Gb/Ab|
      Dbmaj7I know there must be       Gbmaj7someone
Some Dbmaj7where for meGbmaj7  
Oh I Dbmaj7lived too longGbmaj7  
Without the Dbmaj7love of some Gbmaj7one
    Ebm7And there's no mise Gb/Abry
Ooooh Fm7oooh like the misery
I Bbm7feel in me
[Chorus]
I Ebm7gotta find me an angel Gb/Ab  
In my Dbmaj7life
(You'll meet him now Gbmaj7don't you worry)
In my Dbmaj7life
(Keep looking and Gbmaj7just keep cooking)
In my Dbmaj7life
(He'll be there, now Gbmaj7don't you worry)
In my
|     Dbmaj7|     Gbmaj7| Dbmaj7.......
 li-ife

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Angel

by Aretha Franklin

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Em7

Am7

Dm7

F/G

Cmaj7

Gb/Ab

Dbmaj7

Gbmaj7

Ebm7

Fm7

Bbm7

ANGEL

play throughout opening spoken section:

Fmaj7 F6 Em7 Am7

| | |

I got a call the other day

It was my sister Carolyn, saying

"Aretha, come by when you can

I've got something that I wanna say"

And when I got there she said

"You know rather than go through a long drawn out thing

Dm7 F/G

I think the melody on the box will help me explain"

[Chorus]

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Gotta find me an angel

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

To fly away with me

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Gotta find me an angel

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Ooo and set me free

[Verse]

Dm7 G

My heart is without a home

Em7 Am7

I don't want to be alone

Dm7 F/G

I gotta find me an angel

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

In my life, in my life

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

Too long have I loved

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

So unattached within

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

So much that I know

Cmaj7 Fmaj7

That I need somebody so

Dm7 F/G

So I will just go on

Em7 Am7

Ho ping that I find me someone

Dm7 F/G

Gotta find me an angel

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7

In my life... in my life

F G Ab Bb C Bb C

| | | | |

F G Ab Bb C Bb C

| | | | |

Bb Gm C

| | | | |

Bb Gm C Gb/Ab

| | | | |

Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7

I know there must be someone

Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7

Some where for me

Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7

Oh I lived too long

Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7

Without the love of some one

Ebm7 Gb/Ab

And there's no mise ry

Fm7

Ooooh oooh like the misery

Bbm7

I feel in me

[Chorus]

Ebm7 Gb/Ab

I gotta find me an angel

Dbmaj7

In my life

Gbmaj7

(You'll meet him now don't you worry)

Dbmaj7

In my life

Gbmaj7

(Keep looking and just keep cooking)

Dbmaj7

In my life

Gbmaj7

(He'll be there, now don't you worry)

In my

Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7 Dbmaj7

| | | .......

li-ife

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