Angel from Montgomery Chords by John Prine

[Start]

[Intro]
F# E B F# E B F# E
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■
B F# B C# F#
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 


[Verse]
                  B
I am an old woman ■
F#             B     
Named after my mother
F#                    B
My old man is another ■
C#          C#7   F# 
Child who's grown old
               B        
If dreams were lightning
F#               B     
And thunder were desire
F#                      B          
This old house would've burned down
C#     F#      
A long time ago
     E          
Make me an angel
B               F#        
That flies from Montgomery
     E          
Make me a poster
B         F#   
Of an old rodeo


[Chorus]
             E        
Just give me one thing
B               F#   
That I can hold on to
                   B     
To believe in this livin'
        C#            F#
Is just a hard way to go


[Verse]
                   B   
When I was a young girl
F#                 B     
■  Well I had me a cowboy
F#                         B 
■  He weren't much to look at
       C#                F#
Just a free ramblin' man ■ 
                    B   
But that was a long time
F#                  B    
And no matter how I tried
F#                    B 
The years just flowed by
       C#     F#      
Like a broken down dam
        E       
Make me an angel
B               F#        
That flies from Montgomery
          E     
Make me a poster
   B      F#   
Of an old rodeo


[Chorus]
E                     
Just give me one thing
B            F#        
■ That I can hold on to
   B                     
To believe in this livin'
          C#   C#7      
Is just a hard way to go


[Solo]
F# E B F# E B F# E
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■
B F# B C# F#
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 


[Verse]
                 B          
There's flies in the kitchen
F#                B            
■  I can hear 'em there buzzin'
F#             B           
■  And I ain't done nothing
C#              F#   
Since I woke up today
                   B     
How the hell can a person
F#                   B      
■  Go to work in the morning
F#                    B      
Then come home in the evening
         C#      C#7    F#
And have nothing to say ■ 
           E    
Make me an angel
     B          F#        
That flies from Montgomery
          E     
Make me a poster
      B   F#   
Of an old rodeo


[Chorus]
             E        
Just give me one thing
B               F#   
That I can hold on to
              B          
To believe in this livin'
               C#7    F#
Is just a hard way to go
                   B     
To believe in this livin'
          C#7             F#
Is just a ■   hard way to go


[Outro]