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Angel From Montgomery
G C G C
I am an old woman named after my mother.
G C D 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 D G - C - G
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago.
G F C G - C - G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
G F D G - C - G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
G F C G - C - G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
G C D G - C - G
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
When I was a young girl, well, I had me a cowboy;
He weren't much to look at, just a free rambling man.
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
The years just flow by like a broken-down dam.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzing,
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning,
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
(Words and music by John Prine, 1970)
Notes: In performances after 1999, John often played the song in the key of F#. See: John Prine Chords - Angel from Montgomery (in F#).