Our Little Angel Chords
Our Little Angel by Elvis Costello is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Am6, C, F, Fmaj7, D, Bm, G, D7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am Am6
This is the place
C F Fmaj7
Where I made my best mistakes
Am Am6
This is the place
C D
Even angels don't understand
Am Am6 C
I've seen the disappointment
F Fmaj7
In her face
D Bm
And the collection of engagement rings
C D
On her right hand
Am Am6 C
She sits alone apart
F Fmaj7
>From the crowd
Am Am6
In a white dress
C D
She wears like a question mark
Am Am6 C
Friends speak of her fondly
F Fmaj7
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
There's nothing you're thinking tonight
C D
That tomorrow won't change
Am Am6
Now the cabaret is frozen
C F Fmaj7
And the laughter comes in cans
Am Am6 C
And the lonely heart's club clientele
D
Don't know what to do with their hands
Am Am6 C
You think that you'll be sweet to her
F Fmaj7
But everybody knows
D Bm
That you're the marshmellow valentine
C D
That got stuck on her clothes
G C G
You're not going to do a thing to our little angel
D
There's nothing you're thinking tonight
C F
That tomorrow won't change
Am Am6 C
So you mix your drinks and words
F Fmaj7
You make bad jokes you make bad time
Am Am6 C
The floors are there to walk over
D
The walls are there to climb
An Am6 C
You swear you'll never go back again
F Fmaj7
Once you're inside
D Bm
You're never the bridegroom
C D
She's always the bride
G C G
You're not going to do a thing to our little angel
D
There's nothing you're thinking tonight
C D
That tomorrow won't change
G C
You'll come in a sweetheart and you'll go out a stranger
D
Well you try to lover her but she's so contrary
D7
Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary
C D
So get your mind off the sweet behind of our little angel
G
You're not going to do a thing
G
You're not going to do a thing
G
You're not going to do a thing
Em D G
You're not going to do a thing to our little angel