An Angels Wing Brushed The Penny Slots by Mark Eitzel, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

An Angels Wing Brushed The Penny Slots

by Mark Eitzel

Biography:

Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is best known as lead singer of the San Francisco band american music club. He was voted Rolling Stone's Songwriter of the Year in 1991.

Eitzel's first solo album was the (now elusive) cassette-only 'Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat' (1982), which pre-dates his AMC work. He released a solo live album, songs of love live in 1991, featuring raw and emotional acoustic versions of his best AMC songs. His first solo album proper was 1996's 60 Watt Silver Lining, a highly personal, jazz-inflected work.

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[Chords]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5 D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------------|--|
B|-----------3--|-----------1--|-----------3--|-----------------------------|--|
G|--------3-----|--------0-----|--------3-----|-----------0--------0--------|--|
D|-----5--------|-----3--------|-----5--------|-----0--3-----3--0-----3--0--|--|
A|--6-----------|--4-----------|--6-----------|--4--------------------------|--|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------------|--|

Gaug7/B A#m6 Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
E|----------------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
B|----------------------------|------------|------------|-------------|
G|-----------0--------0-------|----------0-|----------0-|----------0--|
D|--------3-----3--------3----|-------3----|-------3----|-------3-----|
A|-----6-----------6--------6-|----4-------|----6-------|----7--------|
E|--7-------------------------|-6----------|-4----------|-5-----------|

Dm G# Am Dm
E|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
B|---------------|-----------4--|-----------5--|-----------2--|--|
G|------------7--|--------5-----|--------5-----|--------3-----|--|
D|---------7-----|-----6--------|-----7--------|-----2--------|--|
A|------8--------|--6-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--|
E|--10-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|

[Verse 1]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
The El Cortez is the gold in my vein
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
Since my poor wife finally killed her pain
Gaug7/B A#m6
I’ll become the man that time forgot
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop

[Verse 2]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
She prayed and prayed to the weeping one
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
Who kept her mouth on the mouth of her gun
Gaug7/B A#m6
Those tears that leave you to rot
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop

[Verse 3]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
To the slots I go every day
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
I know the tide will go my way
Gaug7/B A#m6
If I give up hope what have I got
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop

[Chorus]
Dm G#
An angel’s wing brushed the penny slots
Am Dm
A spinning star, an ancient plot
Dm G#
To the lights what we call luck
Am
Is how they fly
Dm
Escape the plot

[Verse 4]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
I was 10 dollars down when she appeared
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
With klieg light wings my eyes they teared
Gaug7/B A#m6
Tried to rise to her but the carpet I caught
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop

[Verse 5]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
If that was death then it’s not so bad
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
She held me close and she said
Gaug7/B A#m6
“On the wheel of fortune the winnings never stop”
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop

[Chorus]
Dm G#
An angel’s wing brushed the penny slots
Am Dm
And tried to wake my weak heart up

[Verse 6]
Dm G#
And when I fell she read all my thoughts
Am
Did not run
Dm
She helped me up

[Outro]
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
And the El Cortez still welcomes me
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
Guess if you die on their floor the drinks are all free
D#maj7/E C#maj7b5
And I will roll high, just wait and see
Gaug7/B A#m6
Now lady luck has punched my clock
Fm9no5/G# Fmaj9no5/A
Drip by drip, drop by drop