A
So my heart did a back flip
  E
I guess that's what they'd say
         G#7                              C#m         Bm
I hadn't seen her since high school graduation
             A
I brought my old hopes
      E
She brought her fiancé
       G#7                      C#m        Bm
And we shared some inane conversation


[Chorus]
        A                     E
Just as beautiful, oh just as charming.
      B7                        E      E7
But lord, what is this new dimension
             A          E
She has the dignity of a life not for me
F#7                   B
Plans that I needed a wrench in
  A                A#dim
I guess it goes to show
            E/B        Cdim7   C#m
Something a young man ought to know
 D              A        E
Angels are just people too


[Verse 2]
           A
In my dark ages
     E
When I was the earth
       G#7               C#m
And my universe spun out around
Bm             A
They lined the firmament
      E
These angels of mine
  G#7                           C#m        Bm
So pretty, and so far from the ground


[Chorus]
                A                     E
They're just as beautiful, oh just as charming
    B7                     E          E7
But lord, what is this new dimension
              A            E
They have the dignity of a life not for me
F#7                   B
Plans that I needed a wrench in
      A                A#dim
And I guess it goes to show
            E/B                C#m
Something a young man ought to know
  D             A        E
Angels are just people too


[Bridge]
    Bm         A               E
And oh, when I smashed out the pedestal
F#m                 C#m
What a pleasant surprise
Bm                       A           E
Here they all were, just half of the world
F#7                          B7
Only holy through my teenage eyes


[Chorus]
                A                     E
Just as beautiful, oh just as charming
       B7                    E       E7
But lord, what is this new dimension
         A            E
Inconceivable, that a girl could be more
F#7                   B
Than a foil for my romantic pretensions
      A                A#dim
So I guess it goes to show
            E/B       Cdim7    C#m
Something a young man ought to know
  D             A        E
Angels are just people too


[Outro]
    A             A#dim       E/B                C#m
And now I finally know what I should have long ago
        D                 A      E
Thank god, they're just people, too