Angels Of Fenway by James Taylor
Key: AA | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 


Intro: A   A


Verse 1:

 
A     D         E  A              D          E
86 summers gone by, Bambino put a hex on the Bean

F#m                   B7             F#m                    D         E         
 We were living on a tear and a sigh, in the shadow of the Bronx Machine

A                 D        E     A                       D     E
  Man, you could feel it smolder, the whole town had an attitude

F#m                      B7                  F#m                    D          E          
Then they get a little chip on the shoulder, say something that's downright rude

A   D           E      A                     D      E
Oh, damn them Yankees, outspending everybody two to one

F#m                B7                 F#m                  D   A     E
Picking up on the cream of the crop, stealing everyone's favorite son



Chorus:

E  B       F#               C#m                   F#      Bm              D  E     
Angels of Fenway hear our prayers, we have been patient, we have been jacent



Verse 2:

A               D      E    A          D       E
Grandmama was a Fenway fan, even after Grandad died

F#m                   B7             F#m          D            E
I still remember her holding my hand, taking me along for the ride

A               D   E  A                   D       E
She was born in 19  18, last year that the Red Sox won

F#m                 B7            F#m                   D             E
Back the when they sold the Babe, something that they never shoulda ever have done 



Bridge:

One more!

C#m              A     
Hey Nanna can I have another Coke? 

C#m               F#             B   B             G#m           
   Here come the hot dog ma-----n, look at that, his bat just broke

B                  G#m
Gee, that's got to kill his hand

C#m                A           C#m                   F# 
Riding out on the Green Line, watching the town go by

B                  G#m         B               E
Nanna made another Red Sox fan, till the day I die


Verse 3:

A                D     E    A                    D         E
That was back in sixty-five, doesn't seem like a long time ago

F#m                B7         F#m                 D        E 
Grandmama keeping hope alive, watch them win in double-o-four

A                   D         E  A              D      E  
Oh my God, it was beyond belief, down 3 needing 4 in a row

F#m                B7                F#m              D       E
Holding on by the skin of our teeth, like a hungry dog on a bone

Chorus:

E  B       F#               C#m                   F#      Bm        D  E   
Angels of Fenway give them peace, they have been patient, Red Sox nation


Last Verse:

A               D         E      A           D             E
The whole world held it's breath, people got down on their knees

F#m              B7            F#m                    D       E
Waiting for the sudden death, praying to heaven for hell to freeze

A                      D        E   A                       D          E
Nanna watched from her hospital bed, she was there till the end of the race

F#m                      B7                         F#m                 D    E
I couldn't hear the last word she said but she was lying there with a smile on her face


A          D   E  F#m              D    E
                    Just a little smile on her face

A          D   E  F#m                  D    E            A
                    Doesn't seem like long time ago