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Lone Angel

The Basics
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

E

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Verse

E Asus2 E Asus2 E

Walkin' out on Main Street lone angel lets out a sigh

Asus2

Goin' unnoticed by the traffic in the streets

E Asus2 E

He's worried about their lives

Asus2

The little town isn't the same anymore

E Asus2 E

The lone angel hardly belongs

Asus2 E

People humming about their business

Asus2

Without a spiritual song

Chorus

Bsus4 Asus2 E Esus4 E

And you cry, lone angel 'neath the blackened sky

Bsus4 Asus2 E Esus4 E

And the tears keep falling from your angry eyes

Bsus4 Asus2 E Esus4 E

And the darkness gathers in the town tonight

F#m A E Esus4 E

And the hosts of heaven are bound from the fight

F#m A [Riff 1]

Because the saints aren't praying for their lives

Do it if it feels good to you, that's the message, the message in sight

Lone angel knows what they're saying

There's not really wrong or right

He walks along with his head hung low

Is there really no respite

Darker forces are working here

And they're showin' off their might

Chorus

Yeah, well you cry, lone angel 'neath the blackened sky

And the tears keep falling from your angry eyes

And the darkness gathers in the town tonight

And the hosts of heaven are bound from the fight

F#m A E Esus4 E

Because the saints aren't praying for their lives

Bridge/Solo

A Asus4 A A Asus4 A

E Esus4 E E Esus4 E

A Asus4 A A Asus4 A

Bsus4 Asus2

E

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Riff 1

On the hill there's a red-brick church

Barely a remnant alive

Hardly anyone prays anymore, hardly anyone to face the fight

A little man with his hands clasped tight

He's praying for the world tonight

He may be just a little spark

But he's enough to start the light

Chorus

And you cry, lone angel 'neath the blackened sky

And the tears keep falling from your angry eyes

And the darkness gathers in the town tonight

And the hosts of heaven are starting to fight

F#m A E Esus4 E

'Cause there's one little saint praying for their lives

Chorus

And you cry, lone angel 'neath the blackened sky

And the tears keep falling from your angry eyes

And the darkness gathers in the town tonight

But the hosts of heaven are starting to fight

'Cause there's one little saint praying

E

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for their lives Praying for their

E

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lives One little saint Praying for their

E

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lives One little saint Praying for their

E

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lives

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========== John S. Jacob ==========

| jsjacob@uclink.berkeley.edu |

| jsjacob@pasteur.eecs.berkeley.edu |-----------------------------+

| jsjacob@csua.berkeley.edu | 1 + 1 = 3 |

+-----------------------------------+ for all large values of 1 -- |

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