intro : G

C G Em C D
the angel rides with hunch – backed children
C G Em C D
poison oozing from his engine
C G Em C D
wielding love as a lethal weapon
C G C D
on his way to hubcap heaven
C G Em C D Dsus4 D
baseball cards poked in his spokes
C G Em C D
his boots in oil he’s patiently soaked
C G Em C D Dsus4 D
the roadside attendant nervously jokes
C G Em C D Dsus4 D
as the angel’s tires strokes his precious pavement
C G Em C D
well the interstate’s choked with nomadic hordes
C G Em C D Dsus4 D
in volkswagen vans with full running boards dragging great anchors
C G Em C D
followin’ dead – end signs in . . to the sores
C G Em C D Dsus4 D
the angel rides by humpin’ his hunk metal whore

Am Em G Dsus4 D
madison avenue’s claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain
F Csus4 C F Am D
she rubs against the weather – beaten frame and asks the angel for his name

C G Em C D
off in the distance the marble dome
C G Em C D
reflects across the flatlands with a naked feel off into parts unknown
C G Em C D
the woman strokes his polished chrome
C G Em D
and lies beside the angel’s bones

main guitar figure for verse :

G Em Bm C

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