Black Angel chords by The Cult

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A minorAm


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 A minorAm       G+G
A augmentedA fugitive has been away so long
           A minorAm
A augmentedA thousand years and now he thinks of home
 A minorAm         G+G
The long men are waiting in the wings
           A minorAm
To put him in chains upon his return
 A minorAm        G+G
Emptiness his bitterness is gone
 FF             A minorAm
Journey the road to the eternal reward

     C majorC     G+G
It's a long way to go
     FF       A minorAm
A augmentedA black angel at your side
     C majorC     G+G
It's a long way to go
     FF       A minorAm
A augmentedA black angel at your side

 A minorAm         G+G
The sirens call a sailor to die
              A minorAm
Enchanted by the sound his desires have been found
 A minorAm        G+G
In his mind his life is rushing by
           A minorAm
All this while the storm it rages on
 A minorAm            G+G
He's turning old, he shall never return
 FF        A minorAm
Sail on to the eternal reward

     C majorC     G+G
It's a long way to go
     FF      A minorAm
A augmentedA black angel at your side
     C majorC     G+G       FF      A minorAm
It's A augmentedA long way to go with that angel at your side
     C majorC     G+G       FF      A minorAm
It's A augmentedA long way to go with the reaper at your side
     C majorC     G+G
It's A augmentedA long way to go
     FF      A minorAm
A augmentedA black angel at your side

 A minorAm       G+G
The fugitive has been away so long
           A minorAm
A augmentedA thousand years and now he thinks of home
 A minorAm         G+G
The long men are waiting in the wings
           A minorAm
To put him in chains upon his return
 A minorAm        G+G
Emptiness his bitterness is gone
 FF             A minorAm
Journey the road to the eternal reward

Solo 3x: D MajorD A minorAm C majorC G+G
     D MajorD A minorAm C majorC A minorAm

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      G+G
Oh, no, never
      FF
Oh, no, never
     A minorAm
Oh, no, no

     C majorC     G+G
It's a long way to go
     FF      A minorAm
A augmentedA black angel at your side
     C majorC     G+G       FF      A minorAm
It's A augmentedA long way to go with that angel at your side
     C majorC     G+G       FF      A minorAm
It's A augmentedA long way to go with the reaper at your side
     C majorC     G+G
It's A augmentedA long way to go
     A minorAm      G+G      FF
A augmentedA black angel at your side at your side

     A minorAm
It's a long
     A minorAm        G+G
It's a long, long, long goodbye
     FF        A minorAm
It's a long, long, long goodbye

Black Angel chords

"Black Angel" is the closing track of the original 1985 release of rockers The Cult's 1985 album "Love".

The album was re-released in 2009 as an expanded edition with several new tracks.