Chords for Chip Taylor and John Prine - Sixteen Angels Dancing 'Cross the Moon

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Two old friends trying to write [D] a song.
[F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ Trying to write a song [A] about some angels. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Angels on the mountain, _
[D] _ _ [F#m] angels [D] left in June. _
[E] _ _ Sixteen [B] angels dancing [A] across the moon. _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey, Chick, what do you think that means?
_ [D] _ You know, John, I'm [A] not sure, [Bm] but _ [E] we're songwriters.
We don't have to know, now [A] do we? _ _ _ _ _
Why don't you take a hike _ and don't forget to take that [D] red balloon.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] Oh, sixteen _ angels dancing [A] across the moon. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Let's make something up about _ [D] _ [F#m] why we chose [D] that number. _
_ [E] _ Well, that sounds good to me, John.
Tell me [A] something.
What'd you do last summer? _ _
_ _ Well, I spent sixteen days [D] in [C#m] Hollywood [D] looking for a spoon.
[A] _ [E] _ _ Sixteen angels dancing [A] across the moon.
_ _ _ Hey, why don't you whistle a little bit? _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ Does that sound right to you, John?
You're no Bing Crosby. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] That's good, [E] John.
I got my whistler removed in Germany.
[Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ Two old friends, John, here we go.
_ Two old friends trying to write [D] a song. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ Trying to write a song about [A] some angels. _ _ _ _
_ _ Angels on a mountain, _
_ [D] _ angels left in June.
[F#m] _
_ [E] _ Sixteen angels dancing [A] across the moon. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I got angels in the back seat.
_ [D] _ Angels on the hood. _
[E] _ _ I got angels everywhere I go.
[A] I must be doing something good. _ _
_ _ That sounds pretty profound to me, John.
_ [D] But does it fit the tune? _ _
[E] _ _ Sixteen angels dancing across [A] the moon. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I got enough angels to shake a stick at.
[D] _ [C#m] Enough to make a [D] grown man [A] croon.
_ [E] _ _ Sixteen angels dancing across [A] the moon.
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_ _ Come here, angel. _ _ _