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Thursday, June 14, 2007

What really happened last night... ie: "The only Angel"

So, like I posted last night, I got some new guitar strings, and I started playing a bit for fun, and I started writing this song (that didn't the the name "The only angel" until this morning).. anyways, I wrote about a verse and a third, when I remembered, "Hey don't I have that other song I should finish writing? I wonder if I even remember how to play it."

So that's when I finished up "Movin' on", and recorded it so I wouldn't forget what I thought it should sound like. Then of course I proceeded to stay up until 4am, bugging my neighbours, and finishing the words to this song.

This song is super simple, and has a kind of country-western meets Bob Dylan feel to it, and the lyrics flowed out of me at a never before seen rate. I was pretty psyched.


The Only Angel by Rob Deobald

G = (3 2 0 0 3 3)
Dadd6add9sus == (2 0 0 2 3 3)
Em7 == (0 2 2 0 3 3)
C = (X 3 2 0 1 0)
F = (1 3 3 2 1 1)

G........................Dadd6add9sus.....Em7.............C
Standing on the CTrain, just two panes of glass between us;
she always likes to keep her distance.
She holds the railing like it's all that holds her to the ground;
she's the kinda girl you can't keep down.

F.................C...................G..................G
It's time to let it all hang out
It's time to let us all let go
You travel your way and I'll travel mine
You're the only angel that I know
yea You're the only angel that I know

Sitting at the diner with the salt shaker between us;
she says she puts it there for luck.
She eats her french fries with a little bite or nibble;
she's the kinda girl who takes it slow.
It's time to let it all hang out
It's time to let us all let go
Indulge yourself, I'll pick up the tab
cause You're the only angel that I know
yea You're the only angel that I know

Walking by the river, just a thin moon-beam between us;
she always likes to count the stars.
She names constelations after Brad and Angelina
she's the kinda girl who's funny like that.
It's time to let it all hang out
It's time to let us all let go
Did you say I'm born on the cusp of Paris Hilton
You're the only angel that I know
yea You're the only angel that I know

She's standing naked, just her sunglasses between us;
she always likes to keep her distance.
She tells me she's Godiva and I'm her peeping Tom
she's the kinda girl who's plays games like that.
It's time to let it all hang out
It's time to let us all let go
Ready or not, I'm coming to find you
cause You're the only angel that I know
yea You're the only angel that I know

You're the only angel that I know
You're the only angel that I know

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