Intro: Am |-------------------------------------------------------------0-----| |---0h1--1-1-1----0h1--1-1-1----0h1--1-1-1----0h1--1-1-1------1-----| |---0h2--2-2-2----0h2--2-2-2----0h2--2-2-2----0h2--2-2-2------2-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------2-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------0-----| |-------------------------------------------------------------0-----| Am G A fugitive has been away so long Am A thousand years and now he thinks of home Am G The long men are waiting in the wings Am To put him in chains upon his return Am G Emptiness his bitterness is gone F Am Journey the road to the eternal reward
C G It's a long way to go F Am A black angel at your side C G It's a long way to go F Am A black angel at your side Am G The sirens call a sailor to die Am Enchanted by the sound his desires have been found Am G In his mind his life is rushing by Am All this while the storm it rages on Am G He's turning old, he shall never return F Am Sail on to the eternal reward C G It's a long way to go F Am A black angel at your side C G F Am It's A long way to go with that angel at your side C G F Am It's A long way to go with the reaper at your side C G It's A long way to go F Am A black angel at your side Am G The fugitive has been away so long Am A thousand years and now he thinks of home Am G The long men are waiting in the wings Am To put him in chains upon his return Am G Emptiness his bitterness is gone F Am Journey the road to the eternal reward Solo 3x: D Am C G D Am C Am |---13b--13--11------11-------------------------------------------| |----------------13-----13--10----10--12--13--12--10--------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| 4x |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |--10--12--10-----------8--10--8----------6--8--6---------------------| |--------------12--10-------------10--8------------8--6--6-/8-/10-/12-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |---12--14b-10---10--12b-8---8--10b-6----6-10-8--6-10-8--6-8------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| G Oh, no, never F Oh, no, never Am Oh, no, no C G It's a long way to go F Am A black angel at your side C G F Am It's A long way to go with that angel at your side C G F Am It's A long way to go with the reaper at your side C G It's A long way to go Am G F A black angel at your side at your side Am It's a long Am G It's a long, long, long goodbye F Am It's a long, long, long goodbye
"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.