How to Play Angel Of Harlem on Guitar?

U2 - Angel Of Harlem can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G, Am chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Angel Of Harlem with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

U2 - Angel Of Harlem Chords

Chord reference C, F, G, Am

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C] [F] [C]It was a cold and wet [F]December day, [C]when we touched the ground at [F]JFK [C]Snow was [F]melting on the ground [C] [F] [C] [F] [F] On BLS I heard the sound, of an angel, [C]New York, like [F]a Christmas tree [C] [F] [C] [F] [F]Tonight this city belongs to me, Angel

[F]Soul [G]love this love won’t let [F]me go So long [G]angel of [C] [F]Harlem, so long [G]angel of [C] [F]Harlem So long [G]angel of [C] [F]Harlem, so long [G]angel of [C] [F]Harlem

[C]Bird land on [F]fifty-three, [C]the street sounds like a [F]symphony [C]We got John Coltrane and [F]a love supreme [C] [F] [C] [F] [F] Miles says she’s got to be an angel, [C]lady Day got [F]diamond eyes [C] [F] [C] [F] [F]She sees the truth behind the lies, Angel

[Am]Oooh, [G]o[F]ooh….oooh, ahh aah [Am] [G] [F]She says it’s heart heart and soul

Yeah [C]yeah (yeah) [F] [C]Blue light on the [F]avenue, [C]God knows they got [F]to you [C]An empty glass, the [F]lady sings, [C]eyes swollen like a [F]bee sting [C]Blinded you lost [F]your way, [C]through the side streets and the [F]alleyway [C]Like a star exploding [F]in the night, [C]falling to the city in [F]broad daylight

An [F]angel in Devil’s shoes, [G]salvation in the blues You never looked like an [F]angel, yeah [G]yeah angel of [C] [F]Harlem

Artist U2

Album Rattle and Hum

Genres Rock

Year 1988

Key C

U2 - Angel Of Harlem can be played in the key of C using the C, F, G, Am chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Angel Of Harlem with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.