Kris Kristofferson - Hall of Angels

      
 
 Hall of Angels
 K. Kristofferson
 
 CAPO II
 
 INTRO: A
 
    A                                 
 We stayed at the barroom 'til closin'
   D                        A   
 I held down a place at his side
     A                                   
 And drank to the memory that crushed him
   B7                     E   
 A lady who loved him and died
    A                             
 He purely could not find a reason
    D                     A 
 To get it back up and go on
      D                       A      
 Then out of the dark came a stranger
 E                       A   
 Turned us around with a song
 
 He said I know the pain that you're feelin'
 I had a sweet little girl
 And I loved her more than her mother
 Or anything else in the word
 Sure as I loved her I lost her
 Sure as I wanted to die
 Then I had a dream or a vision
 Of wonders that opened my eyes
 
 BRIDGE:
   D                                
 I dreamed of a young band of angels
       E                         A   
 That shone like the stars from above
     D                        
 But each held a bright candle
 B7                     E    
 Except for the angel I loved
       D                                   
 And I asked why their candles were burnin'
     E                        A   
 And why that hers wasn't the same
             D                    A                
 She said oh daddy each time that I try to light it
      B7                           D    A 
 Your tears just keep drownin' the flame
 
 We stared at the stranger in silence
 His spirit was truly alive
 If life had made his eyes glisten
 The diamond was bright in his eyes
 'Cause everyone who ever loved him
 Though fortune had torn them apart
 Lived in the hall of the angels
 As long as the love in his heart
 
            D                        A    
 Oh they'll live in the hall of the angels
    E                        A    E A 
 As long as the love in your heart