Verse 1: F B F I saw a devil before me and he took me by the face. BM7 Csus7 I walked inside his shadow and kept apace. Dm B Csus7 F C7 I’ve filled my life with sin enough for the world around, drowned, til by an angel seraph, I was found. F Chorus: Dm F B F The angel leads me onward, he watches as I sleep. The angel thinks I’ve got some kind of soul to keep. F Dm B F/C I feel him rest his seraph head warm against my chest. Don’t know why it should be, but by the angel, Csus7 I am blessed.
Verse 2: F B F B F BM7 Csus7 And now that devil’s behind me hoping I’ll trip and fall, but the seraph remains to remind me I can have a higher call. Dm B Csus C F Bm7 C7 I journey toward a goodness that he exemplifies, wise and cool and clear and human in disguise. F Dm F Chorus: B F The angel leads me onward, he watches as I sleep. The angel thinks I’ve got some kind of soul to keep. F Dm B F/C Csus7 F Gm7/F Gm7 I feel him rest his seraph head warm against my chest. Don’t know why it should be, but by the angel, I am blessed. Verse 3: F5 Fsus2/B F Fsus2/A B I don’t believe in God. I think Jesus was just a man, but with you in my life I feel part of some heavenly plan. Csus7 Dm B Csus B F Bm7 C7 Csus7 You’ve shown me there is faith without fear or regret. You are a love as close to heaven as I’ll get. F Dm F Chorus: B F So, angel, lead me onward and hold watch as I sleep. I don’t know why you think I’ve got a soul to keep. F Dm B C7sus2 F Fsus Gm7 And when you lay your hallowed head warm against my chest, light divine, highest angel,