"Angel" from Jimi Hendrix.
by Erik Klein (kleine@cs.utwente.nl) from the Netherlands.
I've only tabbed the intro yet. The rest will follow later.
The whole song is played with the guitar tuned down a half step.
A Leslie is used to get the 'spacy sound'. This effect can be emulated
with a chorus pedal at a medium slow rate. Eb |0--0-------0------------0---|0---------------0-----------|
Bb |7-----7----7----7-------7s5-|5---5--------5--5--5--------|
Gb |4--------4---4--4-----------|2---2--------2--2--2s4------|
Db |6--------6---6--------6-----|4------4--4-----4--4--------|
Ab |6-----------------6---------|4------4--4-----------------|
Eb |0-------------------0-------|0---------0-----------------|
Eb |0-----0--0----0---0---0-------|0------------------------0----|
Bb |7-----7--7----12--12--14--14--|5---------------------5--5----|
Gb |4-----4--4----9---9---11--11--|2------2--------------2--2----|
Db |6--6-----6----11--11--13--13--|4--4---------4--------4-----4-|
Ab |--------------11--11----------|4---------4-----4-----------4-|
Eb |------------------------------|0------------------0----------|
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ANGEL
Jimi Hendrix
Caveat emptor - since this is from memory.
I don't guarantee that these are the exact same chords that
Hendrix played, but it should give the basic structure.
I'm using mxrn here which, on including the plain text file,
has mangled the relationship of the words to the chords (so
much for the benefits of proportional fonts!). I'll leave the entry as it is,
though, on the basis that it can still be accessed as plain text.
IMHO its a beautiful song. Have fun with it...........
Nick
Verse:
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G | Dmaj6 | Amin | Amin |
Angel came down from heaven yesterday
C | F | G | D C |
Stayed with me just long enough to rescue me....
G | Dmaj6 | Amin | Amin |
And she told me a story yesterday
C | F | G | D C |
About the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
C | Eb | G | G |
The she spread her wings high over me....she said
Amin | Bmin | Cmaj(8) |
I'll come back again to see you tomorrow
Cmaj(8) | Cmaj | Cmaj | Cmaj |
........................ And I said....
Chorus:
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F(1) | F | Gmin | Gmin |
Fly on my sweet angel.........
Db Bb | Eb E | F(8) | F(1) |
Fly on through the sky.........
F(1) | Gmin | Gmin |
Fly on my sweet angel..........
Db Bb |Eb E | F
Tomorrow I'm 'gonna be by your sideChords: note - numbers in brackets indicate position on fretboard
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G Dmj6 Amin C(3) F(1) D Eb Bmin Db Bb E F(8) C(8)
E 3 5 5 3 1 5 6 7 4 6 7 8 8
B 3 7 5 5 1 7 8 7 6 6 9 10 8
G 4 6 5 5 2 7 8 7 6 7 9 10 9
D 5 7 7 5 3 7 8 9 6 8 9 10 10
A 5 5 7 3 3 5 6 9 4 8 7 8 10
E 3 x 5 x 1 x x 7 x 6 x x 8
Playing Guide:
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The Db-Eb-E-F chords in the Db-Bb-Eb-E-F sequence can be a bit tricky
if you finger the 2nd, 3rd, 4th strings with separate fingers. One
trick is to play this shape using just the 1st and 3rd fingers of
the left hand. This way you can get the chord onto the fingerboard
a lot quicker, although you tend to lose the notes on the top two
strings because you can't usually bend the 3rd finger back far enough.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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screamokid Average |
#1 by screamokid at Sep 26, 2007 at 9:53 PM EST |
| I remember listening to this and such and I had told my girlfriend the lyrics and well I remember she cried cause they where so beautiful and such...Anyways on of his best I believe he wrote this song about his mom | |
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Daniel Wanna Be |
#2 by Daniel Kreuzer at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:34 AM EST |
| great song | |
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Remi Average |
#3 by Remi Frenette at Sep 28, 2007 at 7:58 PM EST |
| Remember the time and Jimi's drug haze. Typical song of hope I'd bet written on a strong high. Beautiful lyrics. If you love this song, check out a version on the album Blue Haze which is a tribute album of Jimi songs played by blues artists. Erib Bibb does a version of this song in an acoustic piano style and it is awesome | |
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C. Average |
#4 by C. W. at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:43 PM EST |
| I think hendrix was thinking of killing himself and had either A: a real religious vision or (more likely) B: an acid induced vision of an angel coming down and talking to him. i dunno i cood b wrong. :P | |
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Tyler Average |
#5 by Tyler Ruli at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:39 PM EST |
| No, it is "She stayed with me just long enough to recue me" In the acoustic version Jimi sings "She stayed with me just long enough for afternoon tea" | |
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Elijah Rhythm Player |
#6 by Elijah Grant at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:31 AM EST |
| Having listened to this song, I get the feeling Jimi is talking about life and death...this probably relates to his mother as you guys were all saying above | |
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choop Rhythm Player |
#7 by choop at Sep 30, 2007 at 11:53 PM EST |
| This song is about his mother Lucille Hendrix. He came to her in a dream as a child. She was there for him in a dream, because she wasnt there for her in reality. | |
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Frodd Average |
#8 by Frodd aka josh laing at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:44 PM EST |
| it's "She stayed with me just long enough for afternoon tea" | |
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ChilDog Wanna Be |
#9 by ChilDog Unknown at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:30 AM EST |
| ok, jimmi was writing about life itself, not the absense of it. the angel was his song and his mind. no matte what happened, he would have his songs and his playing to keep him company even if anyone woulnd't listen, there fore he'lld be happy. but who are we to judge? we'll never know rip jimmi | |
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ian Average |
#10 by ian mckinly at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:11 PM EST |
| i love this song so much. i think this song got my into jumi hendrix. that is besides are you experienced. a part of the song when he says "she stayed long enough to rescuemehe probably got saved from an incident where he could of died...such as when he was in london and within 5 mins he was there he almost got ran over by a car. But he must of come to the realization that there was someone looking over him.(an angel) and he is no loner afriad to die because he knows theres life after death. | |
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Adam Average |
#11 by Adam Foreman at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:10 AM EST |
| it was the 1st Air Cav of Texas, who was responsible for coming into a hot LZ to pick up our TEAM, we referred to them as our Angels, singing Jimi's tune to them while swiling Ice Cold Beers they would supply to us to detune our smoked brains during the fianl days of Vietnam | |
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Tom Average |
#12 by Tom at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:50 PM EST |
| Having listened to this song, I get the feeling Jimi is talking about life and death...this probably relates to his mother as you guys were all saying above | |
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