[Verse 1]
F B F
I saw a devil before me and he took me by the face.
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I walked inside his shadow and kept apace.
Dm B Csus7 F
C7
I’ve filled my life with sin enough for the world around, drowned, til by an angel
seraph, I was found.
F
[Chorus]
Dm F B F
The angel leads me onward, he watches as I sleep. The angel thinks I’ve got some kind
of soul to keep.
F Dm B
F/C
I feel him rest his seraph head warm against my chest. Don’t know why it should be,
but by the angel,
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I am blessed.
[Verse 2]
F B F B F
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And now that devil’s behind me hoping I’ll trip and fall, but the seraph remains to
remind me I can have a higher call.
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I journey toward a goodness that he exemplifies, wise and cool and clear and human in disguise.
F Dm F
[Chorus]
B F
The angel leads me onward, he watches as I sleep. The angel thinks I’ve got some kind
of soul to keep.
F Dm B
F/C Csus7 F Gm7/F Gm7
I feel him rest his seraph head warm against my chest. Don’t know why it should be,
but by the angel, I am blessed.
[Verse 3]
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I don’t believe in God. I think Jesus was just a man, but with you in my life I feel
part of some heavenly plan.
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You’ve shown me there is faith without fear or regret. You are a love as close to
heaven as I’ll get.
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[Chorus]
B F
So, angel, lead me onward and hold watch as I sleep. I don’t know why you think I’ve
got a soul to keep.
F Dm B
C7sus2 F Fsus Gm7
And when you lay your hallowed head warm against my chest, light divine, highest angel,
mine… Somehow, I’ll be blessed.