Gil Scott Heron- Angel Dust Chords
Tempo:
85.2 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
C#
D
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F#m] Angel of rest.
[C#] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[E] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[A] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[E] [Bm] He was moving.
[A] he could have sworn the room wasn't [F#m] moving.
[E] in his mind.
[C#m] seemed to notice his own feeling.
[C#] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[E] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[A] [F#m] Angel of rest.
[E] [Bm] He was moving.
[A] he could have sworn the room wasn't [F#m] moving.
[E] in his mind.
[C#m] seemed to notice his own feeling.
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F#m
C#
D
Bm
E
F#m
C#
D
_ [F#m] Angel of rest.
[D] _ _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] He was moving.
_ _ And that was when [A] he could have sworn the room wasn't [F#m] moving.
_ _ [B] But that was only [E] in his mind.
He was [F#m] sailing.
_ [E] [Bm] He never really [C#m] seemed to notice his own feeling.
[F#m] _ _ [D] That was all [C#] part of the high.
[Bm] The sweat was pouring.
_ [F#m] He couldn't take it.
_ [G] The room was exploding.
He [C#] might not make it.
[C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Please, [C#] children, would [C#m] you listen?
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Just in just [C#m] any way is that.
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ You won't [A] remember what you're missing.
[D] But down some dead [C#] end streets, there ain't [D#] no turning [E]
back.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] They was standing.
_ _ [Bm] _
[C#] Everybody in [C#m] a circle, [F#m] the whole family.
_ _ [D] I'm listening [C#] to the preacher's words.
[F#m] Was crying.
_ _ [Bm] She [C#] alone held [F#m] the secret about his dying.
_ [Bm] Tears [C#] falling [C#m] to earth.
[D] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] He was so trusting.
_ [Bm] God only knew why.
[C#] They were [D#] just.
[C#] _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] He's going [G#] to be the [F#m] death of you.
_ _ _ [D] Just a [C#m] way.
_ [F#m] _ _ You [D] won't [C#] remember what you're missing.
[D] But down [Bm] some dead [C#] end streets, [F#m] there ain't no turning [E] back.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] Believe [C#] _ [F#m] me, sister.
_ _ [D] Don't mean nobody no [C#] good.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [Bm] Sweat was pouring.
_ [F#m] He couldn't take it.
_ [D] The room was exploding.
_ [C#] He might not [D#] make [C#m] it.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Children, [C#] it's hard to [A] listen.
_ _ _ [Bm] I ain't trying [C#] to run your [C#m] life.
[F#m] _ _ [B] My [D] just seem like one [C#] more good time.
But [D] down some dead [C#m] end streets, there ain't no turning [C] back.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] Children, [C#] it's hard to [F#m] listen.
_ _ [B] I ain't trying [A] to run your life.
_ _ Don't [D] mean nobody no [C#] good.
Nowhere [Bm] in down some dead [C#] end streets.
[B] There ain't no turning [E] back.
Back.
_ [F#m] _ Children, _ [D] _
[C#] would you [F#m] listen to me?
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [N] A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the [Am] moon.
[C] Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's on the [E] moon.
I can't pay no doctor bills, but Whitey's on the moon.
Ten years from now, [G#] I'll be paying still while [C#m] Whitey's on the moon.
You know, the [C] man just up my rent last night, because Whitey's on the moon.
No hot water, no toilets, no [D] lights, but Whitey's on the moon.
I [E] wonder why he's upping me, because Whitey's on the moon.
Well, I was already giving him 50 a week, and now Whitey's on the moon.
_ [C] Taxes taking my whole damn check.
The junkies make [D] me a nervous wreck.
The price of food is going up.
And [E] as if all that crap wasn't enough, a rat done bit my sister Nell [C] with Whitey on the moon.
[C#] Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's [G#] on the moon.
Was all that money I made last year [D] for Whitey on the moon?
How come I ain't got no money here?
Whitey's on [A] the moon.
[E] You know, I just [G#] about had my fill [D] of Whitey on the moon.
[A] I think I'll send these doctor bills, air mail special, [D] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ [D] _ _
[A] _ [F#m] Angel of rest.
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[E] _ [Bm] He was moving.
_ _ And that was when [A] he could have sworn the room wasn't [F#m] moving.
_ _ [B] But that was only [E] in his mind.
He was [F#m] sailing.
_ [E] [Bm] He never really [C#m] seemed to notice his own feeling.
[F#m] _ _ [D] That was all [C#] part of the high.
[Bm] The sweat was pouring.
_ [F#m] He couldn't take it.
_ [G] The room was exploding.
He [C#] might not make it.
[C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Please, [C#] children, would [C#m] you listen?
[F#m] _ _ _ [Bm] Just in just [C#m] any way is that.
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ You won't [A] remember what you're missing.
[D] But down some dead [C#] end streets, there ain't [D#] no turning [E]
back.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] They was standing.
_ _ [Bm] _
[C#] Everybody in [C#m] a circle, [F#m] the whole family.
_ _ [D] I'm listening [C#] to the preacher's words.
[F#m] Was crying.
_ _ [Bm] She [C#] alone held [F#m] the secret about his dying.
_ [Bm] Tears [C#] falling [C#m] to earth.
[D] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] He was so trusting.
_ [Bm] God only knew why.
[C#] They were [D#] just.
[C#] _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] He's going [G#] to be the [F#m] death of you.
_ _ _ [D] Just a [C#m] way.
_ [F#m] _ _ You [D] won't [C#] remember what you're missing.
[D] But down [Bm] some dead [C#] end streets, [F#m] there ain't no turning [E] back.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] Believe [C#] _ [F#m] me, sister.
_ _ [D] Don't mean nobody no [C#] good.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [Bm] Sweat was pouring.
_ [F#m] He couldn't take it.
_ [D] The room was exploding.
_ [C#] He might not [D#] make [C#m] it.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Children, [C#] it's hard to [A] listen.
_ _ _ [Bm] I ain't trying [C#] to run your [C#m] life.
[F#m] _ _ [B] My [D] just seem like one [C#] more good time.
But [D] down some dead [C#m] end streets, there ain't no turning [C] back.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] Children, [C#] it's hard to [F#m] listen.
_ _ [B] I ain't trying [A] to run your life.
_ _ Don't [D] mean nobody no [C#] good.
Nowhere [Bm] in down some dead [C#] end streets.
[B] There ain't no turning [E] back.
Back.
_ [F#m] _ Children, _ [D] _
[C#] would you [F#m] listen to me?
_ _ [Bm] _ _
[C#] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [N] A rat done bit my sister Nell with Whitey on the [Am] moon.
[C] Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's on the [E] moon.
I can't pay no doctor bills, but Whitey's on the moon.
Ten years from now, [G#] I'll be paying still while [C#m] Whitey's on the moon.
You know, the [C] man just up my rent last night, because Whitey's on the moon.
No hot water, no toilets, no [D] lights, but Whitey's on the moon.
I [E] wonder why he's upping me, because Whitey's on the moon.
Well, I was already giving him 50 a week, and now Whitey's on the moon.
_ [C] Taxes taking my whole damn check.
The junkies make [D] me a nervous wreck.
The price of food is going up.
And [E] as if all that crap wasn't enough, a rat done bit my sister Nell [C] with Whitey on the moon.
[C#] Her face and arms began to swell and Whitey's [G#] on the moon.
Was all that money I made last year [D] for Whitey on the moon?
How come I ain't got no money here?
Whitey's on [A] the moon.
[E] You know, I just [G#] about had my fill [D] of Whitey on the moon.
[A] I think I'll send these doctor bills, air mail special, [D] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _