(Robin Trower - Keith Reid)
[I ve transcribed the guitar parts only for the first verse and chorus; the
second verse and chorus are just variations on these.]
Intro:
guitar [4X; continue through first four lines of verse]:
(E)
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3*3s5|
0h2p0 0h2p0|
2 2|
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00|
* 3s5 3rd time (intro); 1st, 2nd times (verse)
omitted 1st time after turnaround
Verse 1:
(E)
Well I opened my eyes this morning
I was not home in bed
There were four angels standin round me
I thought I must be dead
(A7)
0|
0h2|
2|
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Yeah, I opened my eyes this morning
(E)
030|
22|
2022b3r2p0|
2|
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Thought I must be dead
(repeat intro riff, 2X)
(B)
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300|
2|
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22|
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There were four angels standin round me
(A7/C#) (E)
030|
0h222|
20|
2|
234|
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And the room was painted red
(repeat intro riff, 2X)
Chorus:
(E7)
00|
3|
2b3p012b3p0|
2|
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0000|
Won t you have mercy, on your wicked son
(E7)
00|
33|
12b3p01|
22|
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0000|
Take me up to heaven, [1: or hell 2: though hell is] where I belong
(A7) (E)
003000|
0h20h22222|
0h2p0220|
22|
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Yeah!
(repeat intro riff, 2X)
(B) (A7/C#) (E)
030|
30300h222|
0h2p02p0h2|
2|
22234|
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[1: repeat intro riff, 2X; 2: to coda]
Verse 2:
Well the sky began to tremble
The rain began to fall
Four angels standing round me
And it wasn t no social call
The sky began to tremble
The rain began to fall
I fell down on my knees prayin
But it didn t do no good at all
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
(E)
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/55|
0011223/44|
22|
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-- another ace 60 s tab from Andrew Rogers