My Little Angel chords by William Shakespeare

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 Am7 chord twice. Listen
to the song and you'll hear what I mean.

Standard tuning

For G13, C7, G7 and Am7 I play the simple versions, ie :

       E A D G B E
G13 =  0 0 0 0 0 1
C7  =  0 3 2 3 1 0
G7  =  3 2 0 0 0 1
Am7 =  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  -  -  U  D  U  D -     D  -  -  U  D  U  D  -
C        Am               Dm       G13


(intro + spoken)
C            Am     Dm          G13

C            Am     Dm          G13
                                    it was on a
C            Am     Dm          G13
cold December after-noon
C            Am            Dm   G13
doesn't seem that long ago          I was
C            Am     Dm         G13
sitting, warming my feet by my
C            Am     Dm         G13
ole'     fire place
C            Am                 Dm      G13
  when in walked my little girl home from school
C            Am               Dm         G13
  and I could see that something was wrong
C            Am        Dm         G13
by the tears that were rolling down
C            Am        Dm (stop)  -
her face                             and she said

(singing)
E7              Am           E7                   Am
daddy, daddy at school today   somebody told me a lie
E7                       Am              D               G
  and after hearing what she had heard I told her not to cry  It
F       G       C   C7            F             G    G7
hurt to see her cry because she's my, my little angel
Em           Am   Am7  Dm           G
   my little angel        my little angel, when she
C       C7               F             G    G7
smi---- les oh yes she's my, my little angel
Em           Am          Dm         G
   my little angel and I don't ever want to see her
F            F
cry          -
(spoken)
C         Am            Dm          G13
     what she heard was that angels didn't
C         Am       Dm          G13
really exist          that they were just a part of
C         Am       Dm          G13
fables             fairy tales, any old
C         Am       Dm          G13
how
C              Am              Dm          G13
  of course there are angels I said everybody has an
C              Am              Dm          G13
angel that takes care of them               in fact
C             Am       Dm          G13
I know where there's a real live angel
C             Am       Dm (stop)   -
  right now                           and she said

(singing)
E7                  Am            E7                          Am
daddy, daddy please tell me where   and tell me how do you kn-ow?
E7                       Am                D                G
  and I said easy if you listen close it's not too far to g-o   and
F       G     C    C7           F             G    G7
this is how I know because your my, my little angel
Em          Am   Am7  Dm           G
  my little angel        my little angel, when you
C      C7               F             G    G7
smi----le oh yes your   my, my little angel
Em           Am          Dm         G
   my little angel and I don't ever want to see you
E7           E7
cry             Now I
F        Em               F         Em
miss her dearly since she left that day  But I
F           Em            Dm       (Dm)
know she is near me every hour           every

(finale)                ***Capo at 1 for rest of the song
G         -                C7
day       because she's,   because she's
F             G    G7  Em           Am    Am7
my, my little angel       my little angel
Dm            G                C     C7
    my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
F              G    G7 Em           Am    Am7
fine my little angel      my little angel  and I
Dm              G               C      Am     Dm     G13
know that she's with me all the time              with me all the
C      Am    Dm    G13          C      Am     Dm      G13
time                  my little angel                   my little
C      Am    Dm    G13          C      Am     Dm      G13
angel              my my little angel                   my little
C      Am    Dm    G13          C      Am     Dm      G13
angel                 my little angel (fade)


(finale)               *** Actual chords for recorded version, no capo
G         -                Db7
day       because she's,   because she's
F#            Ab    Ab7 Fm           Bbm  Bbm7
my, my little angel        my little angel
Ebm           Ab               Db    Db7
    my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
F#             Ab    Ab7 Fm          Bbm  Bbm7
fine my little angel       my little angel  And I
Ebm             Ab              Db        Bbm    Ebm     Ab13
know that she's with me all the time                 with me all the
Db     Bbm      Ebm    Ab13        Db     Bbm    Ebm     Ab13
time                     my little angel                   my little
Db     Bbm      Ebm    Ab13        Db     Bbm    Ebm     Ab13
angel                 my my little angel                   my little
Db     Bbm      Ebm    Ab13        Db     Bbm    Ebm     Ab13
angel                    my little angel (fade)