Standard (EADGBE)
SO ITS XIT THE RAINM AKER, THE OLD REY FLANNEL M AN
WITH A C C LOSET FULL OF BUSINESS SUITS, HE LEFTA L F ETTER NEAR THE
PHONE,
IT SAID I'M F ON MY WAY TO Dm PARADISE, TO SEE THE Bb ANGEL OF G LYON"
(same as first)
AND THEN HE CAUGHT THE TRAIN TO BRUSSELS, HE ORDERED COGNAC AND CROISSANTS,
HE MADE A MENTAL LIST OF THINGS HE OWNED BUT DIDN?T WANT,
ALL THE BUILDINGS, ALL THE REAL ESTATE, THE ANTIQUE GLASS AND STONE,
HE?D TRADE A VOW OF POVERTY TO SEE THE ANGEL OF LYON
AND HE S Am ANG Em AVE MARIA, OR AT F LEAST THE PARTS G HE C KNEW
AND Am WATCHED THE SHADOW Em OF THE TRAIN
ON THE F TOWNS THAT THEY ROLLED G THROUGH
AND HE Am CLOSED HIS EYES AND HE Em SAW TWO RIVERS
THE RHONE AND THE SAONE
Am THE MALE AND FEMALE SPIRIT OF THE Bb CITY OF G LYON
THEN HE WAITED ON THE BRIDGE, WHERE THEY MET THE YEAR BEFORE
BUT THE DAYS TURNED INTO WEEKS AND THEN THE SEASONS NUMBERED FOUR
AND HIS CLOTHES GREW WORN AND RAGGED AS THROUGH THAT TOWN HE ROAMED,
SEARCHING EVERY OPEN WINDOW, FOR THE ANGEL OF LYON
AND HE SANG AVA MARIA, OR AT LEAST THE PARTS HE KNEW,
AND WATCHED HIS SHADOW ON THE WALLS OF THE STREETS THAT HE WALKED THROUGH,
AND HE CROSSED THOSE HOLY RIVERS, THE RHONE AND THE SAONE
THEY'D NOT GIVE UP THE SECRET OF, THE ANGEL OF LYON
NOW THERES A C THOUSAND CANDLES BURNING IN THE F BASILICA C TONIGHT,
WHERE SISTER F EVE MARIA IS THE KEE F PER OF THE G LIGHT
AND DOWN DREAM OF ALLEYWAYS WALKS SAINT OF RAG AND BONE,
THE F MADMAN TORN Dm ASUNDER, BY THE Bb ANGEL OF G LYON
AND HE SANG AVA MARIA, OR AT LEAST THE PARTS HE KNEW,
AND WATCHED HIS SHADOW ON THE WALL OF THE STREETS THAT HE CRAWLED THROUGH
AND HE CROSSED THOSE HOLY RIVERS, THE RHONE AND THE SAONE,
BUT THEY'D NOT GIVE UP THE SECRET OF THE ANGEL OF LYON