Angels chords by
David Byrne
David Byrne

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Key: E major
Intro 1
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Bm
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Verse 1
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There
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are no angels left in America anymore
They left after the second World
War heading west
Stopping briefly in Japan during the '60s
In Tienanman Square,
during the last decade
Verse 2
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They kept heading west to who
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knows where
What're they after?
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What're they looking for?
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A Messiah who never comes?
A virgin birth?
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A perfect drunk?
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A sign,
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Any kind of sign
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Anything that looks slightly
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out of the ordinary
Verse 3
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Flying over fields & factories
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Momma's goin' off her head
Daddy's bringin' home the bacon
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Open up the pearly gates
Verse 4
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Dm
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Fruit of salty lubrication
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Tangled up in arms & legs
I can barely touch the bottom
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Now I'm workin' up a sweat!
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I'm
Verse 5
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ready now--
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I'm ready now--
Verse 6
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I can barely touch my own self
How could I touch someone else?
I'm just an advertisement
For a version of myself
Verse 7
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Like molecules in constant motion
Like a million nervous tics
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I am quivering with anticipation
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Like the sunlight on their wings
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I'm ready now
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(Don't look back)
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I'm ready now
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(I'm ready for this)
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I'm ready now
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Verse 8
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The sensuous world ? the smell
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Dm
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of the sea
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The sweat off their wings ? the fruit from
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the trees
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Dm
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The angel inside ? will meet me to night
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Dm
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On wings of desire ? I come back
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Dm
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Dm
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alive
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I'm ready
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I'm ready
(I put the dogs outside)
Bm
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I'm ready
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I'm ready
(To take that ride)
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I'm ready now
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I'm ready now
Verse 9
(To take that wine)
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I'm ready now
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But where are you?

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