Jane Siberry

Calling All Angels Ukulele Chords

(spoken sometimes with one voice, sometimes with voices)
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Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
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Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Domenica, Mary Angelica
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Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronilla
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Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
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  and all the rest  (count 4 for pause)

F  F  F  F  F  F  F  F

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  a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries and
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 high above you can hear the church bells start to ring
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  and the heaviness the heaviness oh it settles in
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somewhere you can hear a mother sing

          Dm
then it's one foot then the other as you step out on the road
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  step out on the road
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  how much weight? how much weight?
          Dm
then it's how long? and how far?
                   G      F             C/E       G
and how many times oooh before it's too late?

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calling all angels
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calling all angels
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walk me through this one
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don't leave me alone
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calling all angels
            Am
calling all angels
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we're tryin, we're hopin
          C/E      Dm      F
But we're not sure how

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and every day you gaze upon the sunset
          F          F         F
with such love and intensity

why it's almost as if
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if you could only crack the code
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you'd finally understand what this all means
    Dm
Ah but if you could do you think you would
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trade in all, all the pain   and suffering?
        Dm
ah, but then you would have missed

the beauty of the light upon this earth
   G       F             C/E       G
and the sweetness of the leaving

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calling all angels
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calling all angels
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walk me through this one
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don't leave me alone
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calling all angels
            Am
calling all angels
      G            F
we're tryin, we're hopin
          C/E      Dm
But we're not sure how

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calling all angels  (calling all angels)
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calling all angels  (calling all angels)
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walk me through this one  (walk me through this one)
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don't leave me alone

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calling all angels
            Am
calling all angels
      G            F
we're tryin, we're hopin
      C/E            Dm
We're hurtin', we're lovin
      G            F
we're cryin, we're calling
            C/E      Dm
Cause we're not sure how.....
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This goes