My Little Angel Chords & Tabs
MY LITTLE ANGEL - William Shakespeare
Written by Harry Vanda and George Young of Easybeats fame. Number one hit in
Australia for William Shakespeare in 1974. The finale of the original single
goes up one semitone but is difficult to play without a capo - and you have to be
quick to put it on! I use the capo, but I have also included the actual chords
without the capo. Good luck! Also the finale includes the Am7 chord twice. Listen
to the song and you'll hear what I mean.
Video of William Shakespeare singing 'My Little Angel' on 'Countdown' in 1974:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbU9Qdq-yg
Recorded version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j60OTXeNSTc
Standard tuning
For G13, C7, G7 and Am7 I play the simple versions, ie :
E A D G B E
G13 = 0 0 0 0 0 1
C7 = 0 3 2 3 1 0
G7 = 3 2 0 0 0 1
Am7 = 0 0 2 0 1 0
The rhythm of the spoken parts and outro (C/Am/Dm/G13 sequence) goes like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
D - - U D U D - D - - U D U D -
C Am Dm G13
(intro + spoken)
C Am Dm G13
C Am Dm G13
it was on a
C Am Dm G13
cold December after-noon
C Am Dm G13
doesn't seem that long ago I was
C Am Dm G13
sitting, warming my feet by my
C Am Dm G13
ole' fire place
C Am Dm G13
when in walked my little girl home from school
C Am Dm G13
and I could see that something was wrong
C Am Dm G13
by the tears that were rolling down
C Am Dm (stop) -
her face and she said
(singing)
E7 Am E7 Am
daddy, daddy at school today somebody told me a lie
E7 Am D G
and after hearing what she had heard I told her not to cry It
F G C C7 F G G7
hurt to see her cry because she's my, my little angel
Em Am Am7 Dm G
my little angel my little angel, when she
C C7 F G G7
smi---- les oh yes she's my, my little angel
Em Am Dm G
my little angel and I don't ever want to see her
F F
cry -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/william_shakespeare/my_little_angel_crd.html ]
(spoken)
C Am Dm G13
what she heard was that angels didn't
C Am Dm G13
really exist that they were just a part of
C Am Dm G13
fables fairy tales, any old
C Am Dm G13
how
C Am Dm G13
of course there are angels I said everybody has an
C Am Dm G13
angel that takes care of them in fact
C Am Dm G13
I know where there's a real live angel
C Am Dm (stop) -
right now and she said
(singing)
E7 Am E7 Am
daddy, daddy please tell me where and tell me how do you kn-ow?
E7 Am D G
and I said easy if you listen close it's not too far to g-o and
F G C C7 F G G7
this is how I know because your my, my little angel
Em Am Am7 Dm G
my little angel my little angel, when you
C C7 F G G7
smi----le oh yes your my, my little angel
Em Am Dm G
my little angel and I don't ever want to see you
E7 E7
cry Now I
F Em F Em
miss her dearly since she left that day But I
F Em Dm (Dm)
know she is near me every hour every
(finale) ***Capo at 1 for rest of the song
G - C7
day because she's, because she's
F G G7 Em Am Am7
my, my little angel my little angel
Dm G C C7
my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
F G G7 Em Am Am7
fine my little angel my little angel and I
Dm G C Am Dm G13
know that she's with me all the time with me all the
C Am Dm G13 C Am Dm G13
time my little angel my little
C Am Dm G13 C Am Dm G13
angel my my little angel my little
C Am Dm G13 C Am Dm G13
angel my little angel (fade)
(finale) *** Actual chords for recorded version, no capo
G - Db7
day because she's, because she's
F# Ab Ab7 Fm Bbm Bbm7
my, my little angel my little angel
Ebm Ab Db Db7
my little angel, yes she's mi--- ne oh yes so
F# Ab Ab7 Fm Bbm Bbm7
fine my little angel my little angel And I
Ebm Ab Db Bbm Ebm Ab13
know that she's with me all the time with me all the
Db Bbm Ebm Ab13 Db Bbm Ebm Ab13
time my little angel my little
Db Bbm Ebm Ab13 Db Bbm Ebm Ab13
angel my my little angel my little
Db Bbm Ebm Ab13 Db Bbm Ebm Ab13
angel my little angel (fade)
