Angel From Montgomery Cifras

Angel From Montgomery
Bonnie Raitt and John Prine
 
[Verse]
E           A      E              A
I am an old woman, named after my mother
E             A       B                  E
My old man is another child that's grown old
E              A       E                 A
If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire
E                         A            B    E
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
 
[Chorus]
E          D          A              E
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
E         D            A       E
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
E            D              A             E
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
E                  A                B           E
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
 
[Verse]
E            A           E        A
When I was a young girl, had me a cowboy
E              A               B             E
Wasn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man
E              A              E             A
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try
E              A              B           E
The years just flow by like a broken down dam
 
[Chorus]
E          D          A              E
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
E         D            A       E
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
E            D              A             E
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
E                  A                B           E
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
 
[Verse]
E                    A        E              A
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em buzzin'
E                A                 B         E
But I ain't done nothin'...since I woke up today
E                  A       E                 A
How the hell can a person, go to work in the mornin'
E                A                 B          E
Come home in the evenin', and have nothin' to say
 
[Chorus]
E          D          A              E
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
E         D            A       E
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
E            D              A             E
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
E                  A                B           E
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
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