Sweet Black Angel

from the album Greens From The Garden

tabbed by Kay-Uwe Graw on the 27th of September 1999


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Playing Notes:

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide beetween notes
~ - vibrato
* - notes played without slide


played in Open E (E B E G# B E from low to high)

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D-|----------------------------------------1----------------------------------|
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E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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                                                      I    got a sweet black

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 angel           I love the way she spreads her wings

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                                     got a sweet black angel            I

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 love the way she spreads her wings


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 yeah, she spreads wings around me baby               baby you bring joy and


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 ev'rything                                      yeah I love my black angel

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             I tell you the reason why

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              love my black angel            I tell you the reason why

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                                     well, if my black angel should quit me

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       I do believe I would die


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                                    (*                     *)       (*)
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                                     (*)                       (*
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         *)                     (*
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                 Well there's one leg in the east           one leg in the


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 west   I  I  I'm stuck in the middle boys and I'm tryin' to do my best

                    *)             (*)
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 I got a sweet black angel            I love the way she spreads her wings

               (*
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                                    well, she spreads her wings around me

                      *)                  (*
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           she brings joy and ev'rything


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  well I asked my black angel for a nickel            you know she gave me a


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  20 dollar bill                                     well, I asked my black

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 angel for a nickel            you know she gave me a 20 dollar bill

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                           well I ask her for a small drink of liquor

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        says to give me the whole whiskey still

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                                          yeah


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    (*      *)                                     (* 
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                                *)                      (*             *)
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 hoohoo ....


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