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Angel

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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~~~Verse
GYou sounded so good on the pCadd9hone
All moved up and all moved Gon
Me and gravity we nDsusever could agree
GI can almost see the sCadd9ky
When I need to close my Geyes
You're the only thing that's wDsusorth holding on to
~~~Chorus
GAngel you sing about bDsuseautiful things
And Em7all I want to do is belCadd9ieve
I trGaded my dreams for this mDsusess of memories
And tEm7hey just stopped working for Cadd9me
~~~Interlude (see bottom)
~~~Verse
GI'm not a monster I beCadd9lieve
Like a liar would belGieve
Helps me navigate the wDsusooden smiles, the raging sea
GAll my heroes pull their hCadd9eads
Like a fighter would I gGuess
No one really ever lDsusikes getting older
~~~Chorus
GAngel you sing about bDsuseautiful things
And Em7all I want to do is belCadd9ieve
I trGaded my dreams for this mDsusess of memories
And tEm7hey just stopped working for Cadd9me
~~~Interlude (see bottom)
Shift the basic structure of the C chord up two frets and use the index finger to hold
E|--------------------|
A|5~------------------|
D|---4~---------------|
G|-------0~-----3~----|
B|------------3~------|
e|--------------------|
the song with either chord and no one notices anything wrong with the music.  I'm not
Also, if you are a beginner or don't know too many chords, these chords aren't too hard.
Just play the standard chord and keep your ring and pinky fingers on the 3rd frets of
If you have any questions/concerns/corrections, let me know at [email protected]

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Angel

by Matt Nathanson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Dsus

Em7

~~~Verse

G Cadd9

You sounded so good on the phone

All moved up and all moved on

Dsus

Me and gravity we never could agree

G Cadd9

I can almost see the sky

When I need to close my eyes

Dsus

You're the only thing that's worth holding on to

~~~Chorus

G Dsus

Angel you sing about beautiful things

Em7 Cadd9

And all I want to do is believe

G Dsus

I traded my dreams for this mess of memories

Em7 Cadd9

And they just stopped working for me

~~~Interlude (see bottom)

~~~Verse

G Cadd9

I'm not a monster I believe

Like a liar would believe

Dsus

Helps me navigate the wooden smiles, the raging sea

G Cadd9

All my heroes pull their heads

Like a fighter would I guess

Dsus

No one really ever likes getting older

~~~Chorus

G Dsus

Angel you sing about beautiful things

Em7 Cadd9

And all I want to do is believe

G Dsus

I traded my dreams for this mess of memories

Em7 Cadd9

And they just stopped working for me

~~~Interlude (see bottom)

Shift the basic structure of the C chord up two frets and use the index finger to hold

E|--------------------|

A|5~------------------|

D|---4~---------------|

G|-------0~-----3~----|

B|------------3~------|

e|--------------------|

the song with either chord and no one notices anything wrong with the music. I'm not

Also, if you are a beginner or don't know too many chords, these chords aren't too hard.

Just play the standard chord and keep your ring and pinky fingers on the 3rd frets of

If you have any questions/concerns/corrections, let me know at [email protected]

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