Blue Angel:Gene Pitney.
#2 Australia and #39 in UK on
BRONZE Records in 1974.
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.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
