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Angels On Her Shoulders

Josh Ritter
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 She walked right in
 As time slowed  down
 But not enough
 To keep me  from ordering up
 Another round
 In a bottomless cup
 That I had found
 In the hopes  of never waking up the
 Jukebox  played
 An  old country song
 About steel guitars
 And how he'll try  his level best
 To get along
 In the same old bar
 Though friends gone  wrong
 
 well he once had love but I never got that far
 she must have angels on her shoulders
 their  light wherever she may be
 she  says the angels do not know  her
I  guess I'm the only  one who sees.
 So I got my drink
And  my fix my rose
 But I need much more
 Then this powderedblue  and rented tuxedo
 I need a line
 A-something she don't  know
 
 Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times
 So I caught her eye
 For the next song
 And the waltz replaced
 the tango like  she knows that I don't belong
 In these shoes
 I feel all wrong
 
 But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?
 Well last call called
 But I didn't hear
 I was too busy looking
 At her  across the remnants of my beer
 she stood to leave
 and then it all came clear
 
 that life without her was all I had to fear
 You must have angels on your shoulders
 Their  light wherever you may be
 She  asks me would I like to show  her?
 I  think I might be just  the guy you need.

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Readable chord sheet for Angels On Her Shoulders by Josh Ritter

[A]  [E7]  [F#m]  [D]

She walked right [A]in
As time slowe[E7]d down
But not eno[F#m]ugh
To keep me[D] from ordering up
Another roun[A]d
In a bottomless [E7]cup
That I had [F#m]found
In the ho[D]pes of never waking up the
J[A]ukebox played
A[E7]n old country song
About steel [F#m]guitars
And how he'll [D]try his level best
To get [A]along
In the same old [E7]bar
Though friends [F#m]gone wrong
        [D]                                  [E] [one strum, let ring]
well he once had love but I never got that far

[no chord]                    [A]
she must have angels on her shoulders
t[E]heir light wherever she may b[A]e
s[E]he says the angels do not kno[A]w her
[E]I guess I'm the [D]only one who s[A]ees.

So I got my d[A]rink
[E7]And my fix my rose
But I need much [F#m]more
Then this p[D]owderedblue and rented t[A]uxedo
I need a [E7]line
A-something she d[F#m]on't know
             [D]                                 [E] [ring]
Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times
So I caught her e[A]ye
For the next s[E7]ong
And the waltz r[F#m]eplaced
the tango l[D]ike she knows that I don't [A]belong
In these s[E7]hoes
I feel all wr[F#m]ong
             [D]                               [E] [ring]
But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?

[Harmonica solo over verse chords]

Well last call c[A]alled
But I didn't he[E7]ar
I was too busy loo[F#m]king
At h[D]er across the remnants of my [A]beer
she stood to l[E7]eave
and then it all came [F#m]clear
      [D]                                [E] [ring]
that life without her was all I had to fear

[no chord]                      [A]
You must have angels on your shoulders
T[E]heir light wherever you may b[A]e
S[E]he asks me would I like to sh[A]ow her?
I[E] think I might be j[D]ust the guy you n[A]eed.

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