Our Little Angel: Difference between revisions
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|title = Our Little Angel | |||
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]] | |||
|performer = [[The Costello Show]] | |||
|producer = [[T Bone Burnett|J. Henry (T-Bone) Burnett]] & [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] with [[Larry Kalman Hirsch]] | |||
|musicians = [[The Little Hands Of Concrete]] - vocals, acoustic guitar<br>[[James Burton]] - electric guitar, dobro<br>[[Jerry Scheff]] - string bass<br>[[Ron Tutt]] - brushes & drums | |||
|record_info = July 1985, Ocean Way and/or Sunset Sound and/or Sound Factory, Los Angeles | |||
|release_info = February 21, 1986 | |||
|albums = [[King Of America]], 1986 | |||
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|collections = [[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989 | |||
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|length = 4:04 | |||
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|first = [[Concert 1985-06-20 Sydney|June 20, 1985, Sydney, Australia]] | |||
|last = [[Concert 2023-02-14 New York|February 14, 2023, New York, NY]] | |||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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You're not going to do a thing to our little angel | You're not going to do a thing to our little angel | ||
==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: King Of America] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/koa.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/koa.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/koa/koa_info_a01.htm Info page] | ||
*[[Template:Our Little Angel]] | *[[Template: Our Little Angel|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Our Little Angel covers|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/koa.html Elvis Costello Reissues: King Of America] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] | ||
[[Category:King Of America]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category:Chords]] | [[Category:Chords]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:05, 15 February 2023
This is the place where I made my best mistakes |
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Covers
Ross Bellenoit & The Deceptions with Ray Long | performed live, 2016-05-19, Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, Pennsylvania | 2016 | YouTube |
Rosanne Cash | Retrospective | 1995 | AllMusic • Amazon • Amazon.uk |
Evan Dando | performed live, 2024-03-02, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco | 2024 |
Nate Hertweck & Jeff Cleveland | performed live, 2016-02-02, Brennan's Pub, Marina del Rey, California | 2016 | YouTube |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Chords
Chords you will need: Am Am/B C C/D F F1? D Bm D7 Em --0----0----0---0---1---0---2---2---2---0-- --1----1----1---1---1---0---3---3---1---0-- --2----2----0---0---2---2---2---4---2---0-- --2----2----2---0---3---3---0---4---0---2-- --0----2----3---3---------------2-------2-- ------------0---0-----------------------0-- ^I use my thumb for this one [Intro:] Am Am/B C C/D F F1 [two times] Am Am/B C F F1 This is the place where I made my best mistakes Am Am/B C D This is the place even angels don't understand Am Am/B C F I've seen the disappointment in her face D Bm C D And the collection of engagement rings on her right hand Am Am/B C F F1 She sits alone apart from the crowd Am Am/B C D In a white dress she wears like a question mark Am Am/B C Friends speak of her fondly F Enemies just think out loud D Bm You think you're man enough to please her C D And you're fool enough to start G C G You're not going to do a thing to our little angel D C D There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change Now the cabaret is frozen and the laughter comes in cans And the lonely hearts club clientele don't know what to do with their hands You think that you'll be sweet to her but everybody knows That you're the marshmallow valentine that got stuck on her clothes You're not going to do a thing to our little angel F There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change [Chords through solo:] D D G D A A G C A So you mix your drinks and words You make bad jokes you make bad time The floors are there to walk over The walls are there to climb You swear you'll never go back again once you're inside You're never the bridegroom she's always the bride You're not going to do a thing to our little angel There's nothing you're thinking tonight that tomorrow won't change G C G You'll come in a sweetheart and you'll go out a stranger D Well you try to love her but she's so contrary Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary C D G So get your mind off the sweet behind of our little angel G You're not going to do a thing You're not going to do a thing Em D G You're not going to do a thing to our little angel