"Angels Amoung Us"
words and music by Becky Hobbs and Don Goodman
>From Alabama "Greatest Hits vol. 3"
Transcribed by mike410@hotmail.com
Tempo: Moderately
Capo: 1st fret
Intro: Ab Eb/G Db(add Eb) Ab Cm7 Db(addEb) Eb7
Verse 1:
Ab Eb/G Fm7
Db(addEb)
Spoken: I was walking home from school on a cold winter day,
Ab Fm7 Db(add Eb) Eb
Took a short cut through the woods and I lost my way.
Ab Eb/G Fm7 Db(addEb)
It was getting late and I was scared and alone,
Ab Fm7 Db(add Eb) Eb
Then a kind old man took my hand and led me home.
Db(add Eb) Cm7 Db(add Eb) Eb7
Sung: Mama couldnāt see him, but he was standing there.
Db(add Eb) Ab/C Db(add Eb) Eb7
But I knew in my heart he was the answer to my prayer. Oh_____
Chorus:
Ab(add Bb) Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7 Ab(add
Bb)
I believe there are angels amoung us,
Fm7 Db(add Eb) Eb7
Sent down to us from somewhere up a bove.
Ab(add Bb) Fm7 Db Eb7
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
Db(add Eb) Cm7
To show us how to live,
Db(add Eb) Eb7
To teach us how to give,
Db(add Eb) Eb7 Ab
To guide us with a light of love.
Verse 2:
Ab Eb/G
Fm7 Db(addEb)
When Life had Troubled times, and had me down on my knees,
Ab Fm7 Db(add
Eb) Eb
Thereās alwasy been someone to come along and comfort me.
Ab Eb/G Fm7
Db(addEb)
A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand,
Ab Fm7 Db(add Eb) Eb
A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand.
Db(add Eb) Cm7 Db(add Eb) Eb7
Now Aint it kind of funny, at the dark end of the road,
Db(add Eb) Ab/C Db(add Eb) Eb7
Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope. Oh_____
(to chorus:)
Bridge:
Db(add Eb) Cm7
They wear so many faces,
Db(add Eb) Cm7
They show up in the strangest places.
Db(add Eb) Cm7 Bbm7 Eb7
They grace us with their mercies in our time of need. Oh_____
(to chorus:)
ENDING:
no chord
To guide us with a light of love.
E A D G B e
Ab= 3 5 5 4 3 3
Eb/G= 2 x 0 2 3 0
Db(addEb)= 0 3 2 0 3 0
Cm7= 2 2 4 2 3 2
Eb7= 0 0 0 2 1 2
Fm7= 0 2 0 0 0 0
Eb= 0 0 0 2 3 2
Ab/C= x 2 0 0 0 x
Ab(addBb)= 3 x 0 2 0 0
Db= 3 3 5 5 5 3
