{t:Angel from Montgomery}
{st:John Prine (1971), Bonnie Raitt (1974)}
{c:Prine in G, Raith in E}
{c:Strum: |: d - D u d - d - - - - - - u d - :|}
{c:intro}
[E]1 2 3 [A]4, 1 2 3 4 (x4)
{c:verse 1}
[E] I am an old [A]woman, [E] named after my [A]mother,
[E] My old man is a-[A]nother, [B]child that's grown [E]old
[E] If dreams were [A]thunder, [E] and lightning was de-[A]sire
[E] This old house would've [A]burnt down a [B]long time a-[E]go
{soc}
[E] Make me an [D]angel that [A]flies from Mont-[E]gomery
[E] Make me a [D]poster of an [A]old rode-[E]o
[E] Just give me [D]one thing that [A]I can hold [E]on to
[E] To believe in this [A]living is just a [B]hard way to [E]go
{eoc}
{c:pre-verse}
[E]1 2 3 [A]4, 1 2 3 4 (x2)
{c:verse 2}
[E] When I was a [A]young girl, [E] I had me a [A]cowboy
[E] Wasn't much to [A]look at, just a [B]free ramblin' [E]man
[E] But that was a [A]long time, [E] and no matter how [A]I try
[E] The years just [A]flow by like a [B]broken-down [E]dam
{soc}
[E] Make me an [D]angel that [A]flies from Mont-[E]gomery
[E] Make me a [D]poster of an [A]old rode-[E]o
[E] Just give me [D]one thing that [A]I can hold [E]on to
[E] To believe in this [A]living is just a [B]hard way to [E]go
{eoc}
{c:pre-verse}
[E]1 2 3 [A]4, 1 2 3 4 (x4)
{c:verse 3}
[E] There's flies in the [A]kitchen, [E] I can hear them a-[A]buzzin'
[E] But I ain't done [A]nothin' since I [B]woke up to-[E]day
[E] How the hell can a [A]person, [E] go to work in the [A]morning
[E] Come home in the [A]evenin', they got [B]nothin' to [E]say
{soc}
[E] Make me an [D]angel that [A]flies from Mont-[E]gomery
[E] Make me a [D]poster of an [A]old rode-[E]o
[E] Just give me [D]one thing that [A]I can hold [E]on to
[E] To believe in this [A]living is just a [B]hard way to [E]go
[E] To believe in this [A]living is just a [B]hard way to [E]go
{eoc}
