If I Were An Angel Chords
by Matraca Berg
If I Were An Angel by Matraca Berg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F
They say I latched onto you
C G
Like you was the last train leaving town
C F
But you just kept on moving boy
G
Left me here to live you down
F G C F
Mama said she'd send a wire and cried on the phone
C F
Said you'll always be my angel girl
G
Won't you come back home
C G F C
If was an angel, I'd fly over Jordan
C G F G
Wouldn't need no Greyhound to save my soul
C F C F
Maybe that's a good thing, I'll be home before I know
C F G C
'Cause if I was an angel, I'd have a long way to go
Got a job as a waitress
In this God forsaken place
Guess there's no choosing where you land
When you fall grace
I'm not sure what keeps me here, my shame or my fool pride
Neither one can give me wings
Or offer me a ride
Chorus
F G F C C F
Oh, tonight I'll be dreaming of the cracks in the sidewalk
C F C F G F
The face through the window, back to the place I belong
G F
Ooh
Chorus
F C F C G
Well maybe that's a good thing, I'll be home before I know
C F G C
And I was an angel, I'd have a long to way go
C F G C