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Calling All Angels
Jane Siberry
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(spoken sometimes with one voice, sometimes with voices)
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Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
G D
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Domenica, Mary Angelica
G D
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronilla
G
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
D
and all the rest (count 4 for pause)
G C G C G C G C
G C
a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries and
G C G
high above you can hear the church bells start to ring
G C
and the heaviness the heaviness oh it settles in
G C G
somewhere you can hear a mother sing
Am
then it's one foot then the other as you step out on the road
G C
step out on the road
G C
how much weight? how much weight?
Am
then it's how long? and how far?
D C G/B D
and how many times oooh before it's too late?
C
calling all angels
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calling all angels
D
walk me through this one
G
don't leave me alone
C
calling all angels
Em
calling all angels
D C
we're tryin, we're hopin
G/B Am G
But we're not sure how
C
and every day you gaze upon the sunset
G C G
with such love and intensity
why it's almost as if
C
if you could only crack the code
G C G
you'd finally understand what this all means
Am
Ah but if you could do you think you would
G C G
trade in all, all the pain and suffering?
Am
ah, but then you would have missed
the beauty of the light upon this earth
D C G/B D
and the sweetness of the leaving
C
calling all angels
G
calling all angels
D
walk me through this one
G
don't leave me alone
C
calling all angels
Em
calling all angels
D C
we're tryin, we're hopin
G/B Am
But we're not sure how
C
calling all angels (calling all angels)
G
calling all angels (calling all angels)
D
walk me through this one (walk me through this one)
G
don't leave me alone
C
calling all angels
Em
calling all angels
D C
we're tryin, we're hopin
G/B Am
We're hurtin', we're lovin
D C
we're cryin, we're calling
G/B Am
Cause we're not sure how.....
G
This goes