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-Angels On Her Shoulders-
-Josh Ritter-
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  A    E7    F#m  D...
She walked right Ain
As time sloweE7d down
But not enoF#mugh
To keep me Dfrom ordering up
Another rounAd
In a bottomless E7cup
That I had F#mfound
In the hoDpes of never waking up the
JAukebox played
AE7n old country song 
About steel F#mguitars
And how he'll Dtry his level best
To get Aalong
In the same old E7bar
Though friends F#mgone wrong
                                          D   E[one strum, let ring]
well he once had love but I never got that far
[Chorus]
[no chord]                     A  
she must have angels on her shoulders
tEheir light wherever she may bAe
sEhe says the angels do not knoAw her
EI guess I'm the Donly one who sAees.
So I got my dArink
E7And my fix my rose
But I need much F#mmore
Then this pDowderedblue and rented tAuxedo
I need a E7line
A-something she dF#mon't know 
                                              D   E[ring]
Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times
So I caught her eAye
For the next sE7ong
And the waltz rF#meplaced
the tango lDike she knows that I don't Abelong
In these sE7hoes
I feel all wrF#mong
                                            D   E[ring]
But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?
[Chorus]
[Harmonica solo over verse chords]
Well last call cAalled
But I didn't heE7ar 
I was too busy looF#mking
At hDer across the remnants of my Abeer
she stood to lE7eave
and then it all came F#mclear
                                      D   E[ring]
that life without her was all I had to fear
[no chord]                      A  
You must have angels on your shoulders
TEheir light wherever you may bAe
SEhe asks me would I like to shAow her?
I Ethink I might be jDust the guy you nAeed.

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Angels On Her Shoulders

by Josh Ritter

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F#m

-Angels On Her Shoulders-

-Josh Ritter-

-------------------------

A E7 F#m D

...

She walked right in

As time slowed down

F#m

But not enough

To keep me from ordering up

Another round

In a bottomless cup

F#m

That I had found

In the hopes of never waking up the

Jukebox played

An old country song

F#m

About steel guitars

And how he'll try his level best

To get along

In the same old bar

F#m

Though friends gone wrong

D E

[one strum, let ring]

well he once had love but I never got that far

[Chorus]

[no chord]

she must have angels on her shoulders

E A

their light wherever she may be

E A

she says the angels do not know her

E D A

I guess I'm the only one who sees.

So I got my drink

And my fix my rose

F#m

But I need much more

D A

Then this powderedblue and rented tuxedo

I need a line

F#m

A-something she don't know

D E

[ring]

Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times

So I caught her eye

For the next song

F#m

And the waltz replaced

D A

the tango like she knows that I don't belong

In these shoes

F#m

I feel all wrong

D E

[ring]

But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?

[Chorus]

[Harmonica solo over verse chords]

Well last call called

But I didn't hear

F#m

I was too busy looking

D A

At her across the remnants of my beer

she stood to leave

F#m

and then it all came clear

D E

[ring]

that life without her was all I had to fear

[no chord]

You must have angels on your shoulders

E A

Their light wherever you may be

E A

She asks me would I like to show her?

E D A

I think I might be just the guy you need.

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