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Angel From Montgomery
JOHN PRINE
[Intro]
G C G C G C
[Verse 1]
G C G C
I am an old woman named after my mother
G C D7 G C G
My old man is another child that's grown old
G C G C
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
G C D7 G C
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
[Chorus]
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgom'ry
F D7 G C
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
C D7 G C G C G
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
[Verse 2]
G C G C
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
G C D7 G C G
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
G C G C
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
G C D7 G C
The years just flow by like a broken down dam
[Chorus]
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgom'ry
F D7 G C
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
C D7 G C G C G
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
[Verse 3]
G C G C
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzing
G C D7 G C G
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
G C G C
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
G C D7 G C
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say
[Chorus]
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgom'ry
F D7 G C
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
C D7 G C G C G
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
[Outro] (Fade out)
G C G C
G C G C