A F#m Bm E A (strum this A twice) F#m There's an angel on the stairs Bm (as if you'd even care) When the lights go up, E And the sun has nearly gone down. A F#m Did you see him on the street? Bm Did you pass him at your feet? Did you think aloud, "how dare they E even look me in the eye'? D And he loves the girls. E And he loves the boys. Bm D Going to make twenty dollars E before the weekends over. A F#m So set him up, Bm Let him fall. E D Turn him over in your hands. A F#m D God save the King of New Orleans. A (twice, like in the intro) F#m Got a ticket to a show. Bm Going to see him take a blow. When the drunk one said, E "Cat Stevens was the greatest singer!" A (twice) F#m And did you kick him in the head? Bm Did you see the blood run down? Did you laugh at all when the E D people walked right by and said aloud, E "You gutter punks are all the same. Bm D E "Probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."? A F#m So set him up, Bm Let him fall. E D Turn him over in your hands. A F#m D God save the King of New Orleans. Interlude Riff: A -5---5---5---5-4-5---5---5---5-4-5-4- | E ---2---3---5-------2---3---5--------- | G D A G Radio in my head D A G Radio in that car Bm Going down again, D He's going down again.... A F#m Anyway you look, anyway you talk it over. Bm It's easier to let it slip out of your mind. E But it rips your heart out. A F#m Then it kicks your head in. Bm Just give him one more chance, E D Try to see the beauty in his world. A F#m All the way in on my hands, in on my feet, Bm D and shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars E before the weekends over. A F#m So set him up, Bm Let him fall. E D Turn him over in your hands. A F#m D God save the King of New Orleans. A F#m D God save the King of New Orleans.
