Gene Pitney

Blue Angel

Gene Pitney


Tom: D

INTRO: D

#1.
D
When we were kids I was your friend watching 
    G
you grow.
G          Em                              D
You didn't get much of the love most of us know.

CHORUS:
D                G      A       Em      D
Ohh, ohhhh, blue angel, I can't put you down.
B             Em                   Gm7       D     
I should know better..I grew up in your part of town.
D                       G        A      Em         D
And I can bless my good fortune..I came through it fine.
B               E Em           A
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel you will always be a good old
          D
friend of mine.

#2.
D                                           G
How many years since you took off with your guitar?
          Em                                   D
Joining a band and singing sad songs round the bar?
D               G      A                   D
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel, guess I should have known.
B            E               Em       Gm7       D
That's not a good life for a girl far away from home.
D                           G       A            D
When you were sad, poor and lonely..too proud to let on.
B               E Em            G                 A
Ohh, ohhh, blue angel, all your better times just never 
      D
came along.

#3.
D                                   G
Now, the gentlemen of Soho buy your kindness and your smile.
         Em              A           D
And your flesh is just a souvenir of London for a while.
D               Bm                        F#m
But I know what keeps you going, what you spend your money on.
     G               D                G                    D
Some pusher man from hell has got you hooked on all that's wrong.
      G                                F#m
And a pretty dress don't cover up your eyes.
      G                                  Em         A
And I won't forget the emptiness I found in your disguise.

OUTRO:
      D                 G         Em       D
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la..la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la..
D                G      A       Em      D
Ohh, ohhhh, blue angel, I can't put you down.
B             Em                   Gm7          A
I should know better..I grew up in your part of town..(Fade.)