Biography:
Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country.
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Other songs:
- Empty Hearts
- Getting Ready To Get Down
- Good Man
- Kathleen
- Naked As A Window
- Next To The Last Romantic
- Temptation Of Adam
- To The Dogs Or Whoever
- Wolves
- A Big Enough Sky
- All Some Kind Of Dream
- Angels On Her Shoulders
- Anne
- Another New World
- Baby Thats Not All
- Bandits
- Beautiful Night
- Best For The Best
- Blame It On The Tetons
- Bone Of Song
- Bonfire
- California
- Cant Go To Sleep Without You
- Certain Light
- Change Of Time
- Come And Find Me
- Cry Softly
- Cumberland
- Darlin
- Dreams
- Drive Away
- Evil Eye
- Feels Like Lightning
- Folk Bloodbath
- Friendamine
- Girl In The War
- Golden Age Of Radio
- Ground Dont Want Me
- Harrisburg
- Henrietta Indiana
- Here At The Right Time
- Homecoming
- Hopeful
- Hotel Song
- Idaho
- In The Dark
- In Your Arms Again
- In Your Arms Awhile
- Joy To You Baby
- Labelship Down
- Lantern
- Lark
- Lawrence Ks
- Leaves And Kings
- Leaving
- Letter From Ohmaha
- Lights
- Lillian Egypt
- Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
- Long Shadows
- Loretta
- Love Is Making Its Way Back Home
- Make Me Down
- Man Burning
- Manburning
- Me And Jiggs
- Miles Away
- Minds Eye
- Monster Ballads
- Moon River
- Moons
- Murder On My Mind
- My Man On A Horse Is Here
- Myrna Loy
- New Lover
- Nightmares
- Oh Lord Part 3
- One More Mouth
- Open Doors
- Other Side
- Peter Killed The Dragon
- Rainslicker
- Rattling Locks
- Real Long Distance
- Right Moves
- Roll On
- Rumors
- Seeing Me Round
- Showboat
- Silver Blade
- Since Youve Gone
- Sir Galahad
- Snow Is Gone
- Song For The Fireflies
- Southern Pacifica
- Still Beating
- Strangers
- Stuck To You The Science Song
- The Appleblossom Rag
- The Bad Actress
- The Curse
- The Oak King
- The Stone
- The Temptation Of Adam
- Thin Blue Flame
- Third Arm
- Thunderbolts Goodnight
- Tonight You Belong To Me
- Train Go By
- Wait For Love
- When Will I Be Changed
- Where The Night Goes
- Wildfires
- Wings
- You Dont Make It Easy Babe
- Young Moses
- Youve Got The Moon
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-Angels On Her Shoulders-
-Josh Ritter-
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A E7 F#m D...
A
She walked right in
E7
As time slowed down
F#m
But not enough
D
To keep me from ordering up
A
Another round
E7
In a bottomless cup
F#m
That I had found
D
In the hopes of never waking up the
A
Jukebox played
E7
An old country song
F#m
About steel guitars
D
And how he'll try his level best
A
To get along
E7
In the same old bar
F#m
Though friends gone wrong
D E [one strum, let ring]
well he once had love but I never got that far
[Chorus]
[no chord] A
she must have angels on her shoulders
E A
their light wherever she may be
E A
she says the angels do not know her
E D A
I guess I'm the only one who sees.
A
So I got my drink
E7
And my fix my rose
F#m
But I need much more
D A
Then this powderedblue and rented tuxedo
E7
I need a line
F#m
A-something she don't know
D E [ring]
Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times
A
So I caught her eye
E7
For the next song
F#m
And the waltz replaced
D A
the tango like she knows that I don't belong
E7
In these shoes
F#m
I feel all wrong
D E [ring]
But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?
[Chorus]
[Harmonica solo over verse chords]
A
Well last call called
E7
But I didn't hear
F#m
I was too busy looking
D A
At her across the remnants of my beer
E7
she stood to leave
F#m
and then it all came clear
D E [ring]
that life without her was all I had to fear
[no chord] A
You must have angels on your shoulders
E A
Their light wherever you may be
E A
She asks me would I like to show her?
E D A
I think I might be just the guy you need.
-Josh Ritter-
-------------------------
A E7 F#m D...
A
She walked right in
E7
As time slowed down
F#m
But not enough
D
To keep me from ordering up
A
Another round
E7
In a bottomless cup
F#m
That I had found
D
In the hopes of never waking up the
A
Jukebox played
E7
An old country song
F#m
About steel guitars
D
And how he'll try his level best
A
To get along
E7
In the same old bar
F#m
Though friends gone wrong
D E [one strum, let ring]
well he once had love but I never got that far
[Chorus]
[no chord] A
she must have angels on her shoulders
E A
their light wherever she may be
E A
she says the angels do not know her
E D A
I guess I'm the only one who sees.
A
So I got my drink
E7
And my fix my rose
F#m
But I need much more
D A
Then this powderedblue and rented tuxedo
E7
I need a line
F#m
A-something she don't know
D E [ring]
Coz' she's probably heard them all a thousand times
A
So I caught her eye
E7
For the next song
F#m
And the waltz replaced
D A
the tango like she knows that I don't belong
E7
In these shoes
F#m
I feel all wrong
D E [ring]
But that's just my pride, what have I got to lose?
[Chorus]
[Harmonica solo over verse chords]
A
Well last call called
E7
But I didn't hear
F#m
I was too busy looking
D A
At her across the remnants of my beer
E7
she stood to leave
F#m
and then it all came clear
D E [ring]
that life without her was all I had to fear
[no chord] A
You must have angels on your shoulders
E A
Their light wherever you may be
E A
She asks me would I like to show her?
E D A
I think I might be just the guy you need.
Josh.
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