Angie
(Tom Paxton)

  G          (C/G)     G
  Angie, from where I stand,
                        (C/G)   G
  The water breaks on a spit of sand,
  D7/F
  How does it survive?
  
  Angie, for all I know,
  
  The sand is tired and ready to go,
       G                             (D7/F)
  It's less than alive.
  
  
      Em
  But you're so ready to leave,
                                                 Am
  The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall.
  D7/F
  Angie, so ready to fly,
  
  Is there time to ask why?
                      G                      (D7/F)
  Is there no time at all?
  Em                                Am
  Or, is there nothing hidden I can blame?
  D                      G
  Angie, if Angie's your name.
  
  
  G          (C/G)     G
  Angie, from where I stand,
                     (C/G)     G
  Your smile is so discreetly planned,
  D7/F
  I'm not sure it's there.
  
  Angie, for all I know,
  
  You'll notice me; you'll turn and go.
      G                             (D7/F)
  You won't even care.
  
  
         Em
  That's you, so ready to leave,
                                                 Am
  The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall.
  D7/F
  Angie, so ready to fly,
  
  Is there time to ask why?
                      G                      (D7/F)
  Is there no time at all?
  Em                                Am
  Or, is there nothing hidden I can blame?
  D                      G                      (D7/F)
  Angie, if Angie's your name.
  
  
  Em
  Angie, I was getting along;
  G
  Nothing quite right, but nothing too wrong;
           D7/F
  I didn't know you existed.
  Am
  Ran my life like a safe machine;
  D7/F
  Lost myself in a safe routine;
      G
  But now it's all twisted.
                      Am
  With my hand on the knife
                     G
  For the rest of my life. 
  
  
             (C/G)     G
  Angie, from where I stand,
                      (C/G)     G
  You rise and wave an ungloved hand;
      D7/F
  You smile in the sun.
  
  Angie, you smile for him;
  
  He calls to you; the light is dim.
      G                             (D7/F)
  You break into a run.
  
  
             Em
  And you're gone, so ready to leave,
                                                 Am
  The first trembling leaf to break loose in the Fall.
  D7/F
  Angie, so ready to fly,
  
  Is there time to ask why?
                      G                      (D7/F)
  Is there no time at all?
  Em                                Am
  Or, is there nothing hidden I can blame?
  D                      G                  
  Angie, if Angie's your name.
  D                      G                  
  Angie, if Angie's your name.
  

Lyrics verified according to the recording on Tom's 1976 album "Saturday Night".

Jason