Transcribed by mike410@hotmail.com 
 
 
Tempo: Moderately 
Capo: 1st fret 
 
Intro:  Ab  Eb/G  Db(add9)  )    Ab  Cm7  Db(add9)   Eb7 
 
Verse 1: 
             Ab                    Eb/G                   Fm7      
Db(add9)  
Spoken:  I was walking home from school  on a  cold winter day, 
   Ab                     Fm7          Db(add9)  )               Eb 
Took a short cut through the woods and I lost my way. 
Ab                    Eb/G             Fm7          Db(add9)  
It was getting late and I was scared and alone, 
Ab                     Fm7               Db(add9)         Eb 
Then a kind old man took my hand and led me home. 
            Db(add9)  )          Cm7      Db(add9)               Eb7 
Sung:  Mama couldn?see him, but he was standing there. 
        Db(add9)     Ab/C                  Db(add9)       Eb7 
But I knew in my heart he was the answer to my prayer.   Oh_____ 
Ab(add9)       Fm7            Bbm7           Eb7          Ab(add9) 
Bb       
I                  believe there are angels amoung us, 
                 Fm7           Db(add9)            Eb7 
Sent down to us from somewhere up a bove. 
                     Ab(add9)      Fm7  Db              Eb7 
They come to you and        me in our darkest hours  
      Db(add9)          Cm7 
To show us how to live, 
       Db(add9)          Eb7 
To teach us how to give, 
       Db(add9)          Eb7     Ab 
To guide us with a light of love.

 
Verse 2: 
           Ab                    Eb/G                            
Fm7      Db(add9)  
When Life had Troubled times, and had me down on my knees, 
Ab                                    Fm7              Db(add9)
Eb)          Eb 
There?alwasy been someone to come along and comfort me. 
Ab                            Eb/G         Fm7                   
Db(add9)  
A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand, 
Ab                             Fm7             Db(add9)   Eb 
A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand. 
         Db(add9)        Cm7            Db(add9)       Eb7 
Now Aint it kind of funny, at the dark end of the road, 
Db(add9)              Ab/C                  Db(add9)       Eb7 
Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope.   Oh_____  
(to chorus:) 
 
 
Bridge:  
Db(add9)        Cm7 
They wear so many faces, 
          Db(add9)              Cm7 
They show up in the strangest places. 
          Db(add9)                 Cm7  Bbm7                Eb7 
They grace us with their mercies  in our time of need.   Oh_____ 
(to chorus:) 
 
ENDING: 
no chord 
To guide us with a light of love.