Oscar The Angel

	  		Great song from th album This Is Me! Enjoy 


 

(A) Oscar was an angel and he (D) used to walk the streets 
Shoutin' out some (A) prophecy to (G) everyone he'd (E) meet 
He was a (A) local fixture; like a (D) cop out on a beat 
Folks said he'd been (A) shell-shocked long a-(E)-go 
And more than (D) that, (A) no one seemed to (E) know 

(A) Oscar was a walker, at least (D) four miles twice a day 
The entire length of (A) main street he'd be (G) shoutin' all the (E) way 
And (A) I had no idea, where he'd (D) heard the things he'd say 
But he was not your (A) normal voice of (E) doom 
He was a (D) happy song, sung (A) slightly out of (E) tune 

Chorus: 
And he'd say, (D) "Everyone will (E) die and go to 
(A) heaven. 
And (D) we will all be (E) angels some (D) day-aa-aa. 
And what you are in this (E) world don't count for (A) nothin'. 
For (D) we are only (A) children, we're just (G) lost along the (E) way. 
But (D) we will all be (E) angels some (D)day" 

Well (A) I worked at the Rialto; I sold (D) tickets at the door 
And Oscar he'd come (A) by most ev'ry-(G)-day 'bout half past (E) four 
And he'd (A) pay to see some movie that he'd (D) seen ten times before 
But mostly we'd just (A) let him in for (E) free  
And he'd watch five (D) minutes then he'd (A) come and talk to (E) me 

Repeat Chorus 

Well it's (A) going on ten years now since (D) I left my home town 
And I went back last (A) summer; for a (G) week I hung a-(E)-round 
(A) I looked out for Oscar; he was (D) nowhere to be found 
Someone said they (A) finally had to com-(E)-mit him and he (D) died 
Before (A) they had time to for-(E)-get him 

Now I'm (A) not about to argue, Oscar's (D) train had jumped the tracks 
But I'll bet my last (A) dollar on a (G) plain and simple (E) fact 
(A) Oscar never said a word about (D) me behind my back 
And the way the I was (A) raised to under-(E)-stand 
Well, that (D) alone, makes (A) him the better (E) man 

Repeat Chorus: 

Ya, we will all be (E) angels some-(A)-day