There is an arpeggio that is used in this song which I think is similar to
the following...
E Bm A
B --------0----------3-------2--------------------------------- |
G ------1---1------4---4---2---2------------------------------- |
D ----2-------2--4-------2-------0----------------------------- |
A --2---------------------------------------------------------- |
Intro....
E Bm A (Repeat 4 times)
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E Bm A
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
E Bm A
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E Bm A
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
E Bm A
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E Bm A E Bm A
They say he saw the world through the eyes of a blue dog
E Bm A E Bm A
There once was a man who had enormous wings
Chorus:
C#m B A
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
C#m B A
People came to see from all around
E Bm A
He was lying there
E Bm A
He was lying there
E Bm A E Bm A
His dreams are forever entangled in the mud
E Bm A E Bm A
He's an angel tangled in the mud
E Bm A E Bm A
Every soul you meet may be a stranger
E Bm A E Bm A
He's an angel, he must be coming for the children
Chorus:
C#m B A
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
C#m B A
People came to see from all around
E Bm A
He was lying there
E C A E
And though he'd like to sleep, the stars fall to the earth in heaps
C A
And he's got tears in his eyes cause the town is filled
E
with so many spies
C#m
They all avert their eyes
B A
The rain had knocked him down
C#m B A
People came to see from all around
He was lying there
C#m B A
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
E
He was lying there
E Bm A (Repeat twice)
.......................
E Bm A E Bm A
They say he saw the world through the eyes of a blue dog
E Bm A E
He's an angel who had enormous wings
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
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Chords:
E - 022100 Bm - 224432 A - x02220- |
C - x32010 C#m - 446654 B - 224442- |
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