Patience of Angels (Boo Hewerdine)
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Written & performed by Boo Hewerdine, but I don't know of a recording of it by
him.  Eddi Reader has recorded it, it's on her first album (called Eddi
Reader!)

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she saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness and a  little    money     saved
Does she know ?    I don't know     but from  here    I   can     tell

[Chorus]:
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That it would try        the patience of angels
it would try        the patience of angels

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And you know something's wrong  when the  morning hurts your eyes
:and the baby won't stop crying: you'll be waiting 'til  you  die
Would I be   any   good       and if I   was   would   I    find

[Chorus]

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There's a door in  a wall  in a       house in a street
:in a town where no-one knows her name:          she's the patience of
angels


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Does she   know? I don't know    but from  here I can tell
There's a door in a     wall  in      a   house in a street
:in a town where    no-one knows her  name:          she's the patience
of angels


Strumming is:

|x-----------------x-x------x--------x--------x--------|      = 1 bar
beats 1        2        3        4        5        6

6 beats per bar, one chord per bar. Play the 6th beat as the top 4 strings
open (DGBe = ?Gadd6) in every bar. (This sounds right and it gives you ages to
make the chord change!)

Suggest picking out the lines marked : x : by singing them an octave higher
than the rest.

Chords are standard (open) fingerings.

This G D C D stuff is a bit of an oversimplification. Live, there seems to be
some melody going on on the top two strings, but I haven't worked out what
he's doing. Still, this should be enough to carry the tune in the
Underground/Subway!

Boo plays this live in Db (capo at 6th fret), Eddi Reader's album version is
in Bb (capo 3), I can't get above B (Capo 4) if I'm going to hit the next
octave in the vocal- just play it in as high a key as you can.

Also, if it's quiet you can try an arpeggio intro:

EE Piano Chord 
 ----------3------------------2----------------0---------------2-----
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BB Piano Chord 
 ------------3--------------2---3----------------1-----------2---3---
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--------------4----------3-------2----------0-----0-------3-------2-.||
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--------5-----------0---------------------2-----------0-------------.||
AA Piano Chord 
 ------5-------------------------------3-----------------------------
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EE Piano Chord 
 -3------------------------------------------------------------------
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G(barre 3)         D                 C               D

All comments, corrections, improvements etc. welcome.

Nic