Angel Of 14th Street chords by Counting Crows

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

♫ Intro:
| A minorAm  |
| E minorEm  | C majorC  |
| D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D7D7  | D7D7  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  |


♫ Verse 1:
D MajorD
Broadway traffic streaming light
  D MajorD
She came from California
       Cadd9Cadd9                G+G
Running from daylight into this endless electric twilight
  D MajorD
And when she dies a ghost is born
     D MajorD                     Cadd9Cadd9
Singing "Get up, get up, get up, get up out of your memories
                     G+G
Get out of the sunlight, get out of that sleeping western town"

♫ Pre-Chorus:
FF          Cadd9/E     D MajorD
Got a little bit of running for you now
FF          Cadd9/E
Got a little way to run


♫ Chorus:
  Cadd9Cadd9
To answer all our hopes and fears
 G+G
A augmentedA king is leaving Union Square
  FF
Did we leave the light on? (Did we leave the light on?)
   Cadd9Cadd9
Does he need a light on? (Does he need a light on?)
  Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
The king is screaming highway songs of blood and liеs, of hope and wrong
  FF
Did we leavе the light on? (Did we leave the light on?)
   Cadd9Cadd9
Does he need a light on?


♫ Verse 2:
D MajorD
Yesterday when we get older
   D MajorD
We'll look back on all the times
      Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
He had you putting a face on instead of just walking away
  D MajorD
So paint your face black and blue again
D MajorD                 Cadd9Cadd9
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up new and put on the clothes
       G+G
That make you feel like you're not broken

♫ Pre-Chorus:
FF           Cadd9/E    D MajorD
He put a little bit of color in your eye
FF            Cadd9Cadd9
You got a little bit of color


♫ Chorus:
  Cadd9Cadd9
To answer all our hopes and prayers
  G+G
An angel sang in Union Square
FF
Did she leave the light on? (Did she leave the light on?)
  Cadd9Cadd9
Do we need a light on?
  Cadd9Cadd9
The congregation came to stare
  G+G
To touch her dress, to pull her hair
   FF
They tore her clothes and left her there
  Cadd9Cadd9
Did she need a light on? (Does she need a light on?)
  FF
Do we need a light on? (Do we need a light on?)
  A minorAm
Do we need a light on? (Do we need a light on?)
  E minorEm
Do we need a light on?


♫ Instrumental:
| D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | Cadd9Cadd9 | Cadd9Cadd9 | G+G  | G+G  |
| D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | D MajorD  | Cadd9Cadd9 | Cadd9Cadd9 | G+G  | G+G  |
| FF  | Cadd9/E | D MajorD  |
| FF  | Cadd9/E |


♫ Verse 3:
  D MajorD
The daydream nations won't come true
  D MajorD
The ghosts you made up ghosted you
  Cadd9Cadd9                 G+G
The angel learns to live with things that make her feel uneasy
  D MajorD
And after all the dreaming's done
       D MajorD                   Cadd9Cadd9
She screams "Wake up, wake up, wake up, this is a recording, a ghost of England
      G+G
Awake in a dream of America"


♫ Pre-Chorus:
FF             Cadd9/E    D MajorD
You see him coming out the corner of your eye
FF                 Cadd9/E
You can hear him breathing when he runs


♫ Chorus:
  Cadd9Cadd9
The king of all our hopes and fears
  G+G
His train departing Union Square
   FF
Just moved to somewhere south of here
  Cadd9Cadd9
Did he leave a light on? (Did he leave a light on?)
  Cadd9Cadd9
Her feathers stale with sex and beer
  G+G
The angel of the pavement cries
  FF
"If God is dead, why am I here?
    Cadd9Cadd9      FF
Did he leave a light on for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
    A minorAm        FF
Did he leave a light on for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
    A minorAm        FF
Did he leave a light on for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
    A minorAm        E minorEm
Did he leave a light on for me?"


♫ Outro:
| A minorAm  | A minorAm  | E minorEm  | E minorEm  |
| A minorAm  | A minorAm  | E minorEm  | E minorEm  |
| A minorAm  | A minorAm  | E minorEm  | E minorEm  |
| E minorEm  | E minorEm  | A minorAm  |