Angel of 14th Street — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Angel of 14th Street by Counting Crows (key of C).
Intro
| Am |
| Em | C |
| D | D | D | D | D7 | D7 | D | D |
Verse 1
[D]Broadway traffic streaming light
She [D]came from California
Running from [Cadd9]daylight into this endless electric [G]twilight
And [D]when she dies a ghost is born
Singing [D]"Get up, get up, get up, get up out of your [Cadd9]memories
Get out of the sunlight, get out of that [G]sleeping western town"
Pre-Chorus
[F]Got a little bit of [Cadd9/E]running for you [D]now
[F]Got a little way to [Cadd9/E]run
Chorus
To [Cadd9]answer all our hopes and fears
A [G]king is leaving Union Square
Did [F]we leave the light on? (Did we leave the light on?)
Does [Cadd9]he need a light on? (Does he need a light on?)
The [Cadd9]king is screaming highway songs of [G]blood and liеs, of hope and wrong
Did [F]we leavе the light on? (Did we leave the light on?)
Does [Cadd9]he need a light on?
Verse 2
[D]Yesterday when we get older
We'll [D]look back on all the times
He had you [Cadd9]putting a face on instead of just [G]walking away
So [D]paint your face black and blue again
[D]Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up [Cadd9]new and put on the clothes
That make you [G]feel like you're not broken
Pre-Chorus
[F]He put a little bit of [Cadd9/E]color in your [D]eye
[F]You got a little bit of [Cadd9]color
Chorus
To [Cadd9]answer all our hopes and prayers
An [G]angel sang in Union Square
[F]Did she leave the light on? (Did she leave the light on?)
Do [Cadd9]we need a light on?
The [Cadd9]congregation came to stare
To [G]touch her dress, to pull her hair
They [F]tore her clothes and left her there
Did [Cadd9]she need a light on? (Does she need a light on?)
Do [F]we need a light on? (Do we need a light on?)
Do [Am]we need a light on? (Do we need a light on?)
Do [Em]we need a light on?
Instrumental
| D | D | D | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | G | G |
| D | D | D | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | G | G |
| F | Cadd9/E | D |
| F | Cadd9/E |
Verse 3
The [D]daydream nations won't come true
The [D]ghosts you made up ghosted you
The [Cadd9]angel learns to live with things that [G]make her feel uneasy
And [D]after all the dreaming's done
She screams [D]"Wake up, wake up, wake up, this is a [Cadd9]recording, a ghost of
England
Awake in a [G]dream of America"
Pre-Chorus
[F]You see him coming out the [Cadd9/E]corner of your [D]eye
[F]You can hear him breathing when he [Cadd9/E]runs
Chorus
The [Cadd9]king of all our hopes and fears
His [G]train departing Union Square
Just [F]moved to somewhere south of here
Did [Cadd9]he leave a light on? (Did he leave a light on?)
Her [Cadd9]feathers stale with sex and beer
The [G]angel of the pavement cries
"If [F]God is dead, why am I here?
Did he [Cadd9]leave a light on [F]for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
Did he [Am]leave a light on [F]for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
Did he [Am]leave a light on [F]for me? (Did he leave a light on?)
Did he [Am]leave a light on [Em]for me?"
Outro
| Am | Am | Em | Em |
| Am | Am | Em | Em |
| Am | Am | Em | Em |
| Em | Em | Am |
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