The Angels Came Down Chords by Kevin Costner & Modern West

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Walking all alone _ in _ the southern rain
By _ _ [Dm] graveyards and _ battlefields _ [F] that blood still stains _ _ _
Back [Dm] to a time when _ the [Gm] angels came _ _ _ _
[F] Walking all alone in _ the southern rain
_ _ In the forest and the fields _ so _ many men were killed _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And he couldn't help but notice the [Am] dates on a lot of the headstones ending in 1864, ending in [Bb] _ 1865
There was a pattern obviously of [Am] men dying in the 1800s
[F] Between those particular dates [Gm] of 61 to 65 _
We know that to be the great [Bb] civil war
And _ _ _ [F] out of that, out of those blocks
John crafted a song [Gm] that I remember when he sent to me,
I said, this might be the best song you've [Bb] ever written.
That's a [F] hard thing to say to a songwriter
because John has written so many beautiful songs
and is so really gifted, at least in my mind.
And I think those that work around him.
_ But I did, I blurred the data.
I said, this may be the most important song
you've ever written, John.
_ And he said, well, I was hesitant to send it to [Dm] you
_ because I didn't know if it fit with us.
[F] And I said, it fits me. _
It [Dm] fits me right down to the bone.
[F] I liked it that much.
And I think that surprised John.
I said, I feel like it should be a part of this band
and [Bb] I would be really privileged to sing it.
And it's a song that really deals with [F] the passing,
the last moment that a soldier experiences
on the battlefield.
_ _ [Am] And it's one that haunts the living,
[F] the mothers, the fathers, the [Bb] sisters, brothers,
of losing someone on a foreign field in [Am] battle
and wondering what their last moments were like,
were they [Dm] scared, were they, _ you know,
what were they feeling?
We know [F] _ _ [Bb] [F] historically that a lot of men or women
at the moment of their passing will cry out
for their mother. _ _
And [Bb] the song seemed to embody that whole moment
in the sense of what we hope happens,
[F] that when our loved one finds himself in that situation,
that they're not alone.
_ ♪ And the angels [Am] came down to the fallen [Bb] men ♪
_ _ ♪ And they held [Am] their hands _ as they prayed [Gm] for them ♪
_ ♪ They carried [Bb] their souls _ beyond the moon and [F] the sun ♪ _
♪ All the [Gm] way to heaven _ _ _ [Bb] _
one [F] by one ♪ _ _ _
That the angels would come down and hover around them
and hold their hands.
_ _ And so while that song was written about,
inspired by the Civil War, the Great War, _
_ [Dm] that we're still trying to overcome in some way. _ _
It's for [F] every soldier.
So I couldn't be more proud of this song
about [Dm] the relief it seems to be giving
the Gold Star mothers, the Gold _ [Bb] _ _ Star.
You know, a lot of people ask me,
why did I go back into music?
I don't know, I have a tendency to just go
to places [F] I wanna go _ _ _ without knowing
where that's gonna [Am] take me.
And to have started this band about six [Bb] years ago
and find ourself sitting up on some stage
next [Am] to surviving children, surviving wives, widows,
_ [Gm] _ _ _ is a really good kind of [Bb] circle for me
that maybe that's why we did this.
Because it is in some way, in a [F] very unpolitical way,
talking to every soldier of every [Gm] country
who would lose his life away from home.
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And that last [F] moment when they're by themselves,
the angels came down and protected them
and took away their fear.
_ That's what angels is to me.
And so I remember when I said to John,
no, this is exactly who we should be.
_ _ If the song in any way offers a level of comfort,
_ _ that's as much _ _ _ meaning as I could ever hope.
_ _ I'm proud of John, I'm proud that he sung the song,
proud of [Bb] Teddy, all the guys in the band
that gave it such an elegant production.
_ _ _ So if you enjoy angels,
[F] _ you can just imagine how I felt the first time I heard it.
_ _ When the angels [Bb]
came,
_ _ _ _ walking all alone _ _ in the [F] southern rain,
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_ _ _ _ _ southern [F]
rain. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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