Angel from Montgomery Chords by John Prine

[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
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