Angeline chords by Kishi Bashi

Intro:

Am
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven

C G Am
G Am x3
C G Am


Verse 1:

Am             G
Underneath the cotton sun

Am                 G
The freedom we had just begun

Am               G
Sweeter than the finest rum

C       G        Am
With my Angeline

Am                G
A home with every kind of tree

Am               G
Built it without anything

Am              G
Life is like a peach in cream

C       G       Am
With my Angeline


Chorus:

C                 G
Angeline, oh, Angeline

            Am                       F    C
She had the softest smile that I had ever seen

C            G
Sweet summer rain

      F        C       G        Am
I just want to be able see her again


Verse 2:

Am             G
That day I was walking down

Am                    G
The railroad tracks I heard the sound

Am                  G
The sheriff, he was mighty proud

C             G         Am
And told me I had to pay

Am                     G
The foreman, he had to come to find

Am             G
Prison folk to work the mine

Am                     G
The judge was there to give me time

C            G        Am
Away from my Angeline


Chorus:

C                 G
Angeline, oh, Angeline

           Am                        F     C
She's the sweetest song that I could ever sing

C           G
Feeling the pain

       F       C          G            Am
I just want to be able to sing to her again


Verse 3:

Am          G
Seven years until I'm free

Am               G
Working off this prison fee

Am                    G
My fingers smell like kerosene

     C       G         Am
In a mine in Tennessee

Am          G
Every day I hold my breath

Am           G
Every hour I wish for death

Am              G
Angeline, she's settled west

 C        G         Am
Away from Tennessee


Chorus:

C                    G
Tennessee, oh, Tennessee

             An                       F     C
You have the darkest veins that I had ever seen

C           G
Deep in the mine

     F         C        G            Am
Angeline, your memories won't let me die


Bridge:

Dm Am C G


Dm
Angeline

F
Angeline

Am
Angeline

G
Angeline

Dm
Angeline (Angeline)

F
Angeline (Angeline)

Am
Angeline (Angeline)

G
Angeline


Chorus:

C                 G
Angeline, oh, Angeline

        Am                       F     C
Had the softest smile that I had ever seen

 C           G
Sweet summer rain

       F       C          G        Am
I just want to be able to see you again