My Little Angel chords by William Shakespeare

Chords with lyrics

MY LITTLE ANGEL - William Shakespeare

Written by Harry Vanda and George Young of Easybeats fame. Number one hit in
Australia for William Shakespeare in 1974.  The finale of the original single
goes up one semitone but is difficult to play without a capo - and you have to be
quick to put it on! I use the capo, but I have also included the actual chords
without the capo. Good luck! Also the finale includes the Am7Am7 chord twice. Listen
to the song and you'll hear what I mean.

Standard tuning

For G13, C7, G7G7 and Am7Am7 I play the simple versions, ie :

    E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE
G13G13 = 0 0 0 0 0 1
C7C7 = 0 3 2 3 1 0
G7G7 = 3 2 0 0 0 1
Am7Am7 = 0 0 2 0 1 0

The rhythm of the spoken parts and outro (C/Am/Dm/G13 sequence) goes like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
D MajorD - - U D MajorD U D MajorD -   D MajorD - - U D MajorD U D MajorD -
C majorC    A minorAm        DmDm    G13G13

(intro + spoken)
C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm     G13G13

C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm     G13G13
                  it was on a
C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm     G13G13
cold December after-noon
C majorC      A minorAm      DmDm  G13G13
doesn't seem that long ago     I was
C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm     G13G13
sitting, warming my feet by my
C majorC      A minorAm   DmDm     G13G13
ole'   fire place
C majorC      A minorAm         DmDm   G13G13
 when in walked my little girl home from school
C majorC      A minorAm        DmDm     G13G13
 and I could see that something was wrong
C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm     G13G13
by the tears that were rolling down
C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm (stop) -
her face               and she said

(singing)
E7E7       A minorAm      E7E7          A minorAm
daddy, daddy at school today  somebody told me a lie
E7E7            A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G
 and after hearing what she had heard I told her not to cry It
FF    G+G    C majorC  C7C7      FF       G+G  G7G7
hurt to see her cry because she's my, my little angel
E minorEm      A minorAm  Am7Am7 DmDm      G+G
  my little angel    my little angel, when she
C majorC    C7C7        FF       G+G  G7G7
smi---- les oh yes she's my, my little angel
E minorEm      A minorAm     DmDm     G+G
  my little angel and I don't ever want to see her
FF      FF
cry     -
(spoken)
C majorC     A minorAm      DmDm     G13G13
   what she heard was that angels didn't
C majorC     A minorAm    DmDm     G13G13
really exist     that they were just a part of
C majorC     A minorAm    DmDm     G13G13
fables       fairy tales, any old
C majorC     A minorAm    DmDm     G13G13
how
C majorC       A minorAm       DmDm     G13G13
 of course there are angels I said everybody has an
C majorC       A minorAm       DmDm     G13G13
angel that takes care of them        in fact
C majorC       A minorAm    DmDm     G13G13
I know where there's a real live angel
C majorC       A minorAm    DmDm (stop)  -
 right now              and she said

(singing)
E7E7         A minorAm      E7E7             A minorAm
daddy, daddy please tell me where  and tell me how do you kn-ow?
E7E7            A minorAm        D MajorD        G+G
 and I said easy if you listen close it's not too far to g-o  and
FF    G+G   C majorC  C7C7      FF       G+G  G7G7
this is how I know because your my, my little angel
E minorEm     A minorAm  Am7Am7 DmDm      G+G
 my little angel    my little angel, when you
C majorC   C7C7        FF       G+G  G7G7
smi----le oh yes your  my, my little angel
E minorEm      A minorAm     DmDm     G+G
  my little angel and I don't ever want to see you
E7E7      E7E7
cry       Now I
FF    E minorEm        FF     E minorEm
miss her dearly since she left that day But I
FF      E minorEm      DmDm    (DmDm)
know she is near me every hour      every

(finale)        ***Capo at 1 for rest of the song
G+G     -        C7C7
day    because she's,  because she's
FF       G+G  G7G7 E minorEm      A minorAm  Am7Am7
my, my little angel    my little angel
DmDm      G+G        C majorC   C7C7
  my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
FF       G+G  G7G7 E minorEm      A minorAm  Am7Am7
fine my little angel   my little angel and I
DmDm       G+G        C majorC   A minorAm   DmDm   G13G13
know that she's with me all the time       with me all the
C majorC   A minorAm  DmDm  G13G13     C majorC   A minorAm   DmDm   G13G13
time         my little angel          my little
C majorC   A minorAm  DmDm  G13G13     C majorC   A minorAm   DmDm   G13G13
angel       my my little angel          my little
C majorC   A minorAm  DmDm  G13G13     C majorC   A minorAm   DmDm   G13G13
angel         my little angel (fade)


(finale)        *** Actual chords for recorded version, no capo
G+G     -        Db7Db7
day    because she's,  because she's
F#F#      AbAb  Ab7Ab7 F minorFm      BbmBbm BbM7Bbm7
my, my little angel    my little angel
EbmEbm      AbAb        DbDb  Db7Db7
  my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
F#F#       AbAb  Ab7Ab7 F minorFm     BbmBbm BbM7Bbm7
fine my little angel    my little angel And I
EbmEbm       AbAb       DbDb    BbmBbm  EbmEbm   Ab13Ab13
know that she's with me all the time         with me all the
DbDb   BbmBbm   EbmEbm  Ab13Ab13    DbDb   BbmBbm  EbmEbm   Ab13Ab13
time           my little angel          my little
DbDb   BbmBbm   EbmEbm  Ab13Ab13    DbDb   BbmBbm  EbmEbm   Ab13Ab13
angel         my my little angel          my little
DbDb   BbmBbm   EbmEbm  Ab13Ab13    DbDb   BbmBbm  EbmEbm   Ab13Ab13
angel          my little angel (fade)