Biography:
Jimmy LaFave (born 12 July 1955 in Wills Point, Texas, a small town 30 miles east of Dallas; died May 21, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter. He is best remembered for crafting a musical style called Red Dirt music, which he did after moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, something which cemented him as a disciple of the state's most famous folk musician: Woody Guthrie.
LaFave began school down the road from Wills Point in Mesquite and by Junior High was making music perched behind his Sears & Roebuck drum kit.
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Jimmy Lafave Only One Angel written by Jimmy Lafave
Jimmy Lafave guitar, vocals
Larry Wilson lead guitar
Randy Glines bass, harmonica
David Webb keyboards
Mark Patterson drums
Brian Wood acoustic guitar
##Technically all E chords passing between A and F#m have a G# bass (E/G#)##
[Verse 1]
A D A D
I could fly through a midnight rain
A E F#m
And be safe and warm and dry baby
D E
At the mention of your name
A D A D
And always sing your special song
A E F#m
And know deep inside that spirit girl
D E
That nothing could go wrong
A D A D
If you got to know what's pulling me thru
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D
My one angel is you
[Verse 2]
A D A D
And I could run cross the desert wind
A E F#m
Till the day would leave me breathless baby
D E
Searching for words again
A D A D
And hope that you could hear that sound
A E F#m
In streams of magic colors
D E
That are painted across the ground
A D A D
If you gotta know what pulling me through
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D A
My one angel is you
[Bridge]
Bm
And I'll always take it with me
E
like a charm
Bm
You keep me in the good light
E
Safe from harm
F#m D
You chase the dark clouds far away
Bm
You keep my feet
E D
from turning into clay
[Verse 3]
A D A D
If I could send out a melody
A E F#m
Do you suppose when the word got out
D E
That the circle could reach to me
A D
And cross that line
A D
In some distant land
A E F#m
Where the strings that ring my friends
D E
Are played by ancient hands
A D A
If you got to know what's pulling me through
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E
My one angel is you
[Solo] (with chords of entire verse)
[Verse 4]
A D A D
I could fly through a midnight rain
A E F#m
And be safe and warm and dry baby
D E
At the mention of your name
A D A D
And always sing your special song
A E F#m
And know deep inside that spirit girl
D E
That nothing could go wrong
A D A
If you got to know what's pulling me thru
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D A
My one angel is you
Jimmy Lafave guitar, vocals
Larry Wilson lead guitar
Randy Glines bass, harmonica
David Webb keyboards
Mark Patterson drums
Brian Wood acoustic guitar
##Technically all E chords passing between A and F#m have a G# bass (E/G#)##
[Verse 1]
A D A D
I could fly through a midnight rain
A E F#m
And be safe and warm and dry baby
D E
At the mention of your name
A D A D
And always sing your special song
A E F#m
And know deep inside that spirit girl
D E
That nothing could go wrong
A D A D
If you got to know what's pulling me thru
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D
My one angel is you
[Verse 2]
A D A D
And I could run cross the desert wind
A E F#m
Till the day would leave me breathless baby
D E
Searching for words again
A D A D
And hope that you could hear that sound
A E F#m
In streams of magic colors
D E
That are painted across the ground
A D A D
If you gotta know what pulling me through
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D A
My one angel is you
[Bridge]
Bm
And I'll always take it with me
E
like a charm
Bm
You keep me in the good light
E
Safe from harm
F#m D
You chase the dark clouds far away
Bm
You keep my feet
E D
from turning into clay
[Verse 3]
A D A D
If I could send out a melody
A E F#m
Do you suppose when the word got out
D E
That the circle could reach to me
A D
And cross that line
A D
In some distant land
A E F#m
Where the strings that ring my friends
D E
Are played by ancient hands
A D A
If you got to know what's pulling me through
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E
My one angel is you
[Solo] (with chords of entire verse)
[Verse 4]
A D A D
I could fly through a midnight rain
A E F#m
And be safe and warm and dry baby
D E
At the mention of your name
A D A D
And always sing your special song
A E F#m
And know deep inside that spirit girl
D E
That nothing could go wrong
A D A
If you got to know what's pulling me thru
A E F#m
I have only one angel babe
D E A D A D A
My one angel is you
