Joan Baez – Farewell, Angelina Chords

Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles and the trumpet play slow
Farewell Angelina, the sky is on fire
and I must go.

There’s no need for anger, there’s no need for blame
There’s nothing to prove, ev’rything’s still the same
Just a table standing empty by the edge of the sea
Farewell Angelina, the sky is trembling
and I must leave.

The jacks and queens have forsaken the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild
Farewell Angelina the sky is folding,
I’ll see you in a while.

See the crosseyed pirates sitting Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans with a sawedoff shotgun
And the neighbors they clap and they cheer with each blast
Farewell Angelina, the sky’s changing color
and I must leave fast.

King Kong, little elves on the rooftops they dance
Valentino-type tangos while the makeup man’s hands
shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone
Farewell Angelina, the sky is embarrassed
and I must be gone.

The machine guns are roaring, the puppets heave rocks
And fiends nail time bombs to the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like I will never deny it
Farewell Angelina, the sky is erupting
I must go where it’s quiet.