Angel from Montgomery Chords by John Prine
- Key: G
- BPM: 133
- Capo: no capo
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ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] G C G C ■ ■ ■ I am an old woman G C ■ Named after my mother G C My old man is another D7 G Child who's grown old C If dreams were lightning G C And ■ thunder were desire G C ■ This old house would've burned down D D7 G A long time ago F Make me an angel C G That flies from Montgomery F Make me a poster C G Of an old rodeo [Chorus] F Just give me one thing C G That I can hold on to C To believe in this livin' G Is just a hard way to go C G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] C When I was a young girl G C Well I had me a cowboy G C He weren't much to look at D G Just a free ramblin' man C G C G ■ ■ But that was a long time ■ C G And no matter how I tried ■ C The years just flowed by D G Like a broken down dam F Make me an angel C G That flies from Montgomery F Make me a poster C G Of an old rodeo F Just give me one thing C G That I can hold on to C To believe in this livin' D G Is just a hard way to go C G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ C G There's flies in the kitchen ■ C G I can hear 'em there buzzin' ■ C And I ain't done nothing D G Since I woke up today C How the hell can a person G C ■ Go to work in the morning G C ■ Then come home in the evening D G And have nothing to say [Chorus] F Make me an angel C G That flies from Montgomery F Make me a poster C G Of an old rodeo G Just give me one thing G That I can hold on to F To believe in this livin' C G Is just a hard way to go C To believe in this livin' D Is just a hard way to go [Outro] G C G G7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■