GDsus2GD/F#EmCGCadd9
(play the last chord in each measure fleetingly to segue to the next bar)
[Verse 1]
Rapped by Mikill Pane
G
Listen
G
Little lady, this is just the worst way to spend your birthday
GD/F#
It's 30 degrees, Thursday
EmCG
You work late, you was with a perv making dirty fake love in his Mercedes
G
Lady the word 'rape' sums up events that take place every night
G
You wanna get up but you know your legs will ache if you try
EmD
And you remember that your punter went crazy last night
G
You drag yourself to the mirror to check your face then you cry
Am
Forget the visit to the clinic you were booked in for
C
You'll make a trip to the Whittington where they'll look at your jaw
G
They'll be inquisitive and ask about your business for sure
D
They'll know your fibbing if you tell them you got hit by a door
Am
But young woman
Am
The pimp sees you as nothing but a dumb hooker
C
Medical attention could be fatal
G
'Cause the cunt wouldn't ever let a doctor near someone that's getting dough for him
D
'Cause next you got poxy authorities sticking their noses in
[Chorus]
Sung by Ed Sheeran
EmCadd9
'cause she's just under the upper hand
G
And goes mad for a couple of grams
EmCadd9
And she don't wanna go outside tonight
EmCadd9
'cause in a pipe she flies to the motherland, and
G
Sell love to another man,
EmCadd9G
It's too cold outside
DEmCG
For angels to fly
GEmCG
Angels to fly
[Verse 2]
Rapped by Mikill Pane
G
Little lady, your mind you've made up
G
Your injuries you can't hide with make-up
Em
You need some medical advice, you make up
EmC
A little lie to say just
GD
In case the doc opens his eyes and don't decide to play dumb
G
With any luck you'll see the same dude who stitched your top lip
GD
Last year when your pimp just lost it
GD/F#EmC
He wouldn't recognise you if you stared him in the face anyway
G
'Cause all the heroin is making you age
Am
But you're a heroine for taking the strain of being a prostitute and punching bag
C
The funds you have left go where you're from using Moneygram
G
Mother had to get you out the motherland to study
D
That was all she struggled to have a single daughter with the upper hand
Am
Little does she know you're never coming back
G/BC
She put you in her brother's hand only for him to formulate another plan
G
He's the fucking cause of your appalling state this summer
D
Fancy that, you came to London to get pimped by your Uncle, damn.
[Chorus]
Sung by Ed Sheeran
EmCadd9
'cause she's just under the upper hand
G
And goes mad for a couple of grams
EmCadd9G
And she don't wanna go outside tonight
EmCadd9
'cause in a pipe she flies to the motherland, and
G
Sell love to another man
EmCadd9G
It's too cold outside
DEm
For angels to fly
[Chorus 2]
Sung by Ed Sheeran
AmG/BC
Now an angel will die
Em
Covered in white
G
With closed eyes and hoping for a better life
AmC
This time, we'll fade out tonight
G
Straight down the line
[Instrumental]
Guitar Solo
[ EmCGG ]
[ EmCGGEm ]
[Verse 3]
Rapped by Mikill Pane
Am
Little lady, you're trembling with fear
C
Your skinny frame kinda resembles a deer
G
You're sitting facing the detective, oh dear
DD/C
The meddling nurse couldn't just leave it
GAm
She's only gone and made it much worse calling police in
Am
She'll never know the gravity of the damage she's caused
C
You're causing scandal, going mad in the ward now
GG/F#
The cop is trying to calm you, telling you he won't let no one harm you
Am
The same question he keeps trying to ask you 'who're you working for?'
C
He's talking to like your worth more than a dirty whore
G
You're having a conversation you could be murdered for
DG/F#
You're learning more about exactly why you need to help bring him or her to court
Am
It's kicking knowledge you ain't ever heard before
G/BC
Just before he leaves, he reassures you that he knows that it's hard
C
He underlines a mobile number you can phone on his card
G
Begs you to use it
He's useless if you're gonna be stupid
D/F#
'Cause an answer hasn't come from your bruised lips, you're on your own
Am
You've gotta go and give your pimp what you owe
C
You reach your door and then it dawns that you've been followed home
G
Before you turn around you feel a cold blade on your throat
D/F#
And then a voice says 'where you been bitch? I wanna know.'
Am
No prizes for guessing who it is, resistance would be foolishness
C
You open the front door, he boots you in
G
There's something new in him, he's silent now that fills you with terror
D/F#
Get your alibi straight, you could be killed for an error
Am
He towers over you, the 6 inch knife catches the sunlight
C
At this point your life flashes before your eyes
G
Your handbags dropped and all the contents are all over the floor
D/F#
Despite the mess there's only one thing that's caught his eye
Am
And in the moment of rage, he brutally murders his niece
C
And dumps her body in the boot of his Merc, t's in the street.
G
Little lady left this earth in the worst way
D/F#
All because she got a card on her 13th birthday
[Chorus]
Sung by Ed Sheeran
EmCadd9
'cause we're all under the upper hand
G
And go mad for a couple of grams
EmCadd9G
And she don't want to go outside tonight
EmCadd9
'cause in a pipe she'll fly to the motherland
G
Or sells love to another man
EmCadd9G
It's too cold outside
GEmCG
For angels to fly
GEm
Angels to fly
CEm
To fly, fly
GEmDEm
Angels to fly, to fly, to fly
GG
Angels to die