The a Team

Intro: Em  C  G

G                                 
White lips, pale face, breathing 
  D/F#    Em
in snowflakes
       C            G
Burnt lungs, sour taste
G                                  
Light’s gone, day’s end, struggling
D/F#    Em
 to pay rent
       C              G
Long nights, strange men

    Am7                          C
And they say she’s in the class a 
                     G
team, stuck in her daydream
                    D/F#           
Been this way since 18, but lately 
   Am7                         
her face seems, slowly sinking, 
 C
wasting
               G                 
Crumbling like pastries, and they 
              D/F#
scream the worst things in life come
 free to us
          Em           C          
Cos we're just under the 
  G
upperhand, and go mad for a couple 
of grams
Em                    C      G
And she don’t want to go outside 
tonight
          Em                  
And in a pipe she flies to the 
C            G                   
motherland, or sells love to 
        D/F#
another man
 Em           C       G     D/F#
It’s too cold outside for angels
     Em
 to fly,
 C     G      D/F#     Em    C   G
          for angels to fly

G                                 
Ripped gloves, raincoat, tried to 
       D/F#    Em
swim and stay afloat
     C         G
Dry house, wet clothes
G                       
Loose change, bank notes, 
                D/F#   Em
weary-eyed, dry throat
     C         G
Call girl, no phone

    Am7                          C
And they say she’s in the class a 
                    G
team, stuck in her daydream
                    D/F#           
Been this way since 18, but lately 
   Am7                         
her face seems, slowly sinking, 
 C
wasting
               G                 
Crumbling like pastries, and they 
              D/F#
scream the worst things in life come
 free to us
          Em           C          
Cos we're just under the 
  G
upperhand, and go mad for a couple 
of grams
Em                    C        G
And she don’t want to go outside 
tonight
          Em                  
And in a pipe she flies to the 
C            G                   
motherland, or sells love to 
       D/F#
another man
Em           C       G        
It’s too cold outside for 
D4/F#      Em
angels to fly,


Am7               C              
   an angel will die, covered in 
Em
white
               G                   
Closed eye and hoping for a better 
     D/F#
life
Am7                      C
This time, we’ll fade out tonight, 
straight down the line

( Em  C  G  D/F# ) 2x

    Am7                          C
And they say she’s in the class a 
                    G
team, stuck in her daydream
                    D4/F#          
Been this way since 18, but lately 
    Am7                        
her face seems, slowly sinking, 
  C
wasting
               G                 
Crumbling like pastries, and they 
              D4/F#
scream the worst things in life come
 free to us
          Em            C          
And we're all under the upper hand, 
G
and go mad for a couple of grams
Em                   C         G
And we don’t want to go outside 
tonight
          Em7              
And in a pipe we fly to the 
C           G                    
motherland, or sell love to 
        D/F#
another man
Em           C       G        
It’s too cold outside for 
D/F#  Em
angels to fly,
 C     G   D/F#      Em     C   G
           angels to fly

   D4/F#   Em   C  G
To fly,
               Em      C       G
For angels to fly, to fly, to fly
    D4/F#       G
Or angels to die