angel on the roof

tune down ½ step
Eb Ab Db F# Bb Eb tuning
(the chords are played relative to the ½ down tuning)

Intro:  E   A  E  A

E       A           F#m  
Maybe I don't understand it 
E       A               F#m      B
Maybe I was never meant to know 
E                    A            F#m        B
I heard he had the whole world in his hands now 
      G#m  A        B             A
But everything is still out of control 

Maybe it's his way of explaining 
Maybe he's just showing me the way 
He gave the gift of love when I was lonely 
Then he went and took that gift away 

Chorus:
       E             A             E                     A   
Now all the true believers say that she'll come back again 
     G#m7         B            C#m
But no one ever shows me the proof 
      A                 E                      B        A           
And when you hear the thunder growing louder than the rain 
          B                               E
They'll tell you it's an angel on the roof 

Maybe I'm not meant to question 
How it is that this has come to be 
The dream that I built at his suggestion 
Has completely failed as far as I can see 

Now all the true believers say that she'll come back again 
But no one ever shows me the proof 
And when you hear the thunder growing louder than the rain 
They'll tell you it's an angel on the roof 

Bridge:
      B                    C#m                  A    
And signs say call on Jesus, save yourself from sin 
A                  G#m            F#m                         B
But right now I'd rather have a hangover than have to talk to him 

Solo part:
E  A   F#m  
E  A   F#m   A  E  A  E  F#m  

Maybe I don't know the answer 
Maybe now someday I shall be saved 
But since he took her from this bed and blessed her 
I see nothing but a mattress and a grave 

Now all the true believers say that she'll come back again 
But no one ever shows me the proof 
And when you hear the thunder growing louder than the rain 
          B                            A
They'll tell you it's an angel on the roof 
          B                            A  E
They'll tell you it's an angel on the roof 


Transcribed by Troy Heffelfinger