xJonny Lang - Irish Angel
Written by Bruce McCabe Transcribed by Nick Gibson
This is taken from the only mp3 of Jonny doing Irish Angel I've been able to find on the
My mp3 is 4:50 long, and the beginning is slightly cut off. I have tabbed out what I
is how the intro would be played if you could hear it!
Intro: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C G
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Verse:
G Em C G
In the fall of the year, she flew across the ocean
G D/F# Em C D
To Ireland, the land of her fathers
G Em C G
When we said goodbye, a tear was in her eye
G D/F# Em C G
I lost her then and there, my Irish angel
Verse:
G Em C G
The first letter came, she said she loved it there
G D/F# Em C D
And how much she wished I was there with her
G Em C G
She wrote it on a hill, in a gentle Irish rain
G D/F# Em C G
I saw her in my mind, my Irish angel
Chorus:
C D G C
I wrote her back and then there was no second letter
C G D
Just the silence of the snow that fell around me
G Em C G
I let her down, I know, the day I let her go
G D/F# Em C G
Now she's found someone else, my Irish angel
Solo: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C D G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C G
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Verse:
G Em C G
The first time I saw her, my heart went in a spin
G D/F# Em C D
When they speak of love they call it fallin
G Em C G
It was like I held my breath, 'til laid eyes on her again
G D/F# Em C G
Too beautiful, she was my Irish angel
Chorus:
C D G C
And when I stole a glance, then too a stolen kiss
C G D
I thought I knew the chance that I was takin'
G Em C G
And though I never knew a love as strong as this
G D/F# Em C G
Or what it was to feel my own heart breaking
Solo: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C D G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C G
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Chorus:
C D G C
So now I raise a glass and then I raise another
C G D
One to forget, one to remember
G Em C G
And one just to dream of how things could have been
G D/F# Em C G
If I hadn't lost my Irish angel
Outro: G Em C G G D/F# Em Em C G
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