Angelina Baker
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
C Am C F G C
[Verse 1]
C Am
I used to work, I used to sing so happy all the day
C Am C
Till Angelina Baker came and stole my heart away.
Am
Angelina Baker, she’s the girl I love so true,
C F G C
Oh, Angelina Baker, I would give my heart to you.
[Chorus]
C Am
Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
C Am C
Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn’t marry me.
Am
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
C F G C
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
[Verse 2]
C Am
Angelina Baker lives on the village green,
C Am C
The way I always loved her beats all you’ve ever seen.
Am
Angeline is handsome, Angeline is tall,
C F G C
She broke her little ankle dancing in the hall.
[Verse 3]
C Am
Angelina liked the boys as far as she could see,
C Am C
I waited by her window but she never looked at me.
Am
I bought her pounds of cherries and a ribbon for her hair,
C F G C
But when I went to find her Angelina wasn’t there.
[Chorus]
C Am
Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
C Am C
Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn’t marry me.
Am
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
C F G C
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
[Solo]
C Am C F G C
[Verse 4]
C Am
I’ve seen my Angelina in the springtime and the fall,
C Am C
I’ve seen her in the cornfield and I’ve seen her at the ball.
Am
And every time I met her she was smiling like the sun
C F G C
But now I’m left to weep a tear ’cause Angelina’s gone.
[Verse 5]
C Am
Early in the morning on a lovely summer’s day
C Am C
I asked for Angelina and they said she’d gone away.
Am
I don’t know where to find her cause I don’t know where she’s gone
C F G C
She’s left me here to weep a tear and lay on the old jawbone.
[Chorus]
C Am
Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
C Am C
Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn’t marry me.
Am
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
C F G C
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
[Solo]
C Am C F G C
[Verse 6]
C Am
Bought Angeline a brand new dress, neither black nor brown,
C Am C
The colour of the stormy sky before the rain came down.
Am
Sixteen horses in my team, the leader he was blind.
C F G C
I dreamed that I was dying, I saw my Angeline.
[Chorus]
C Am
Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
C Am C
Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn’t marry me.
Am
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
C F G C
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
[Chorus]
C Am
Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
C Am C
Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn’t marry me.
Am
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
C F G C
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
N.C.
Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
How to play Angelina Baker
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.