Patience of Angels

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Written & performed by Boo Hewerdine, but I don't know of a recording of it by

him. Eddi Reader has recorded it, it's on her first album (called Eddi

Reader!)

From the top of the bus she thought she saw him wave

she saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness and a little money saved

Does she know ? I don't know but from here I can tell

:

That it would try the patience of angels

it would try the patience of angels

And you know something's wrong when the morning hurts your eyes

<and the baby won't stop crying> you'll be waiting 'til you die

Would I be any good and if I was would I find

There's a door in a wall in a house in a street

<in a town where no-one knows her name> she's the patience of

angels

Does she know? I don't know but from here I can tell

There's a door in a wall in a house in a street

<in a town where no-one knows her name> she's the patience

of angels

Strumming is:

|x-----------------x-x------x--------x--------x--------| = 1 bar

beats 1 2 3 4 5 6

6 beats per bar, one chord per bar. Play the 6th beat as the top 4 strings

open (DGBe = ?Gadd6) in every bar. (This sounds right and it gives you ages to

make the chord change!)

Suggest picking out the lines marked < x > by singing them an octave higher

than the rest.

Chords are standard (open) fingerings.

This G D C D stuff is a bit of an oversimplification. Live, there seems to be

some melody going on on the top two strings, but I haven't worked out what

he's doing. Still, this should be enough to carry the tune in the

Underground/Subway!

Boo plays this live in Db (capo at 6th fret), Eddi Reader's album version is

in Bb (capo 3), I can't get above B (Capo 4) if I'm going to hit the next

octave in the vocal- just play it in as high a key as you can.

Also, if it's quiet you can try an arpeggio intro:

E ----------3------------------2----------------0---------------2-----

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B ------------3--------------2---3----------------1-----------2---3---

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--------------4----------3-------2----------0-----0-------3-------2-.||

--------5-----------0---------------------2-----------0-------------.||

A ------5-------------------------------3-----------------------------

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E -3------------------------------------------------------------------

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G(barre 3) D C D

All comments, corrections, improvements etc. welcome.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk