#

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:46:49 -0700
From: Heather Bindner 
Subject: Angles Amoung Us  -  Alabama

"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 couldn?t 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
There?s 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