The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song: Guitar Chords
Learn to play 'The Black Angel's Death Song' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn The Black Angel's Death Song Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Velvet Underground
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'The Black Angel's Death Song' smoothly on your guitar.
D The myriad choices of his fate, E7/D set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose D What had he to lose, Not a ghost bloodied country, all covered with sleep Where the black angel did weep, E7/D not an old city street in the east D Gone to choose, And wandering's brother walked on through the night With his hair in his face on a long splintered cut from the knife Of GT The rally man's patter ran on through the dawn Until we said so long to his skull Shrill yell Shining brightly red-rimmed and redlined with the time Infused with the choice of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks From the bells Cut mouth bleeding razors Forgetting the pain Antiseptic remains cool, good buy So you fly To the cozy brown snow of the east Gonna choose, choose again Sacrificials remain make it hard to forget Where you come from the stools of your eyes Serve to realize fame Choose again And Rovermans' refrain of the sacrilege recluse For the loss of a horse With the bowels and a tail of a rat Come again, choose to go And if Epiphany's terror reduced you to shame Have your head bobbed and weaved Choose a side to be on And if the stone glances off, split didactics in two Leave the color of the mouse trails Don't scream, try between If you choose If you choose, try to lose For the loss of remain come and start Start the game I che che, che che I Che che che, ka tah koh Choose to choose Choose to choose, choose to go | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsD  E7  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play 'The Black Angel's Death Song' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'The Black Angel's Death Song' by The Velvet Underground.