Angel Child - By Oasis, Written and sung by Noel Gallagher 

Third song on the Oasis "D'You Know What I Mean?" CD single.  

Transcribed by Keith Bradnam 


Notes on playing: 

1) There's a bit of lovely guitar played after one of the choruses.  
I have yet to work this bit out. 


2) At the end of each line in the verse (after the Dsus2 chord is  
played, there is a sliding up sound. This is where the Dsus2 shape  
is slid up two frets, then two notes are picked (A, then G on the  
G string) before returning to the Am chord, i.e.  

   Dsus2         Am    
----0------------0----------------- 
----3/5----------1----------------- 
----2/4----2--0--2----------------- 
----0------------2----------------- 
-----------------0----------------- 
----------------------------------- 
Thanks to Jeff for suggesting this slide bit. 


3) The trickiest part is the picking of the Dsus2 chord in the chorus.  
In the first chorus the picking pattern is shorter than in the subsequent  
choruses. I.e. initially the chords are Dsus2 and then Dsus2/Ab. In a later  
chorus, the descending pattern goes a stage further, i.e. Dsus2, Dsus2/Ab,  
Dsus2/G. 


4) The tab for this picking pattern is something like the following:  

   Dsus2             Dsus2/Ab         Dsus2/G 
--------0---0------------0---0------------0---0--------- 
------3---3---3--------3---3---3--------3---3---3------- 
----2-----------2----1------------1---0-----------0----- 
----0----------------0----------------0----------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------------------------- 

You can probably play quite a few variants on this simple pattern. The  
important thing is the descending run on the G string. 


Chords 
Numbers refer to fret positions on each of the six (EADGBe) strings. 


Am 002210 
Em 022000 
Dsus2 x00230 
F 133211 
C 032010 
G 320003 
D x00232 
Dsus2/Ab x00130 
Dsus2/G x00030 



*** The Song *** 

Intro: 
Am, Am, Em, Dsus2 
Am, Am, Em, Dsus2 



Verse 1: 
  Am Em Dsus2 
Won't you take me, 

  Am  Em  Dsus2 
Won't you take me to the edge of night and  

  Am Em Dsus2 
  Make me, 

  Am  Em Dsus2 
Won't you make me walk into the light  

Am Em Dsus2 
And there'll be no eyes, 

   Am     Em        Dsus2 
No eyes have seen such beauty would lose their sight,  

Am Em Dsus2 
And there'll be no lies, 

   Am   Em       Dsus2 
No lies that you could tell me to make things right, 




Pre chorus: 
      F   C    G        D 
Cos I gave all my money to people and things, 

        F         C G      D 
And the price I'm still paying, for the shit that it brings, 

F      C   G  D 
Doesn't fill me with hope for the songs that you sing 




Chorus: 
   Dsus2 
To-night, 

     Dsus2/Ab       
This is your life, 

G     D 
Angel Child. 




Verse 2: 
 Am Em  Dsus2 
When you find out, 

         Am   Em   Dsus2 
When you find out who you are 

      Am Em Dsus2 
You know you'll, be free 

   Am      Em  Dsus2 
To see your own appearence to then there'd be no eyes, 

   Am     Em        Dsus2 
No eyes have seen such beauty would lose there sight, 

Am Em  Dsus2 
And there'll be no lies, 

   Am   Em       Dsus2 
No lies that you could tell me to make things right, 


Pre chorus: 
      F   C    G       D 
Cos I gave all my money to people and things, 

F         C G      D 
And the price I'm still paying, for the shit that it brings, 

       F     C   G  Dsus2 
Doesnt fill me with hope for, the songs that you sing, 




Chorus: 
   Dsus2 
To-night, 

     Dsus2/Ab       
This is your life, 

G     D 
Angel Child. 

   Dsus2 
To-night, 

     Dsus2/Ab              Dsus2/G 
This is your life, this is your life 

G     D 
Angel Child. 

   Dsus2 
To-night, 

     Dsus2/Ab              Dsus2/G 
This is your life, this is your life 

G     D 
Angel Child. 

*repeat as desired* 

End on Dsus2.