The Angel chords by Louis Dunford

[Intro]

  C   Am   F  G               
 
[Verse]

     C
As I walk these streets alone through

 This borough I call home,

         Am
upon the baron fields of Highbury, 

Neath the stadiums of stone.

            F
Through the turnstiles at The Angel, 

See the homeless on the green,

         G
from the Cally to The Cross 

And every character in between.
 
[Verse]

         C
Pass the church, the mosque, 

A crack den and the

 Offie on the corner,
        Am
see the brasses from the 

Brothel that pretends 

To be a sauna
          F
Watch the bedlam in the bookies, 

See the winners and the losers,

         G
seeking solace from their 

Sorrows in the 

Local battle cruisers.
 
[Verse]

            C
Through the madness in the market, 

Weathered faces turn to greet ya,

       Am
“Hello guvnor, how’s your mother?”

 “You alright son, be lucky geeza”.
       F
Double pie and mash and liquor, 

A Cuppa Rosie Lee up chap,

           G
or watch retired gangsters bicker 

Everyday in Arthur’s cafe.

 
[Verse]

           C
The little f  kers causing trouble

 For the cozzers make you smile,

            Am
you meet ya muckers for a couple, 

Forget your troubles for a while.

         F
From The Thornhill to The Hemmy, 

All the faces are the same,

    G
the manor might be changing 

But the people still remain.
 
[Chorus]
C               Am
North London forever,
             F       
whatever the weather, 
                      G
These streets are our own.
       C                    Am
And my heart will leave you never,
                 D        
my blood will forever run 
            F   Fm   C
Through the stone. 
 
[Verse]

     C
As I walk these streets alone 

Through a kingdom made of Chrome,

           Am
I see them ripping up the 

Cobbles and tearing down 

Our childhood homes.
          F
I see the architecture changing, 

See the history disappear,
        G
and the skyline rearranging 

Into towers of veneer.
 
[Verse]

              C
But I see the remnants of the 

London that they thought 

They could erase,

      Am
every time I hear the 

Old school talk 

About the good old days.

      F
Every time I watch the football or 

Have a ruby with the lads,

       G
see an hoister selling clobber 

Or a dealer shotting bags.

 
[Verse]
            C
It’s in the single mothers juggling,

 A baby and a job,

         Am
in every single brother struggling

 That wound up in the dock.

            F
It’s in the roots

 And the foundations, 

Still clinging to the land,

            G
it’s in the bricks that built the 

Morland And Popham that still stand.
 
[Verse]
           C
It’s in my family and my friends in 

Every gram and every Benz,

            Am
it’s in the roots that you inherit 

When a generation ends.

            F
It’s in the ruins of your youth

 And the faces of your past,

           G
'cause the manor may be changing 

But the people always last.
 
[End-Chorus]

C               Am
North London forever,
             F       
whatever the weather, 
                      G
These streets are our own.
       C                    Am
And my heart will leave you never,
                 D    
My blood will forever 
                F   Fm   C 
Run through the stone.

ℹ️ About This Song

On the 24th of February 2022, the track was released.

Track Info

• Song: The Angel
• Artist: Louis Dunford
• Released Date: 24 February 2022

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: D
• Capo: 2nd fret
• Chords: C, Am, F, G, D, Fm
• BPM: 118
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Ukulele Chords	Guitar Chords
C – 0003 Am – 2000 F – 2010 G – 0232 D – 2220 Fm – 1013	C – x32010 Am – x02210 F – 133211 G – 320003 D – xx0232 Fm – 133111