Angel From Montgomery

JOHN PRINE

[Verse 1]
[C] I am an old [F] woman [C] named after my [F] mother.
[C] My old man is [F] another [G] child that's grown [C] old.
If dreams were [F] lightning and [C] thunder were [F] desire
[C] this old house would've [F] burnt down a [G] long time [C] ago.
 
{ CHORUS }
 
[Verse 2]
[C] When I was a [F] young girl [C] I had me a [F] cowboy,
[C] He wa'rn't much to [F] look at, just a [G] free ramblin' [C] man.
But that was a [F] long time, [C] and no matter how I [F] try,
[C] the years just [F] flow by like a [G] broken-down [C] dam.
 
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[C] Make me an [A#] angel that [F] flies from [C] Montgomery.
Make me a [A#] poster of an [F] old rodeo. [C] 
Just give me [A#] one thing that [F] I can hold on [C] to.
To believe in this [F] living is just a [G] hard way to go. [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]
 
[Verse 3]
[C] There's flies in the [F] kitchen, [C] I can hear 'em there [F] buzzin'
[C] and I ain't done [F] nothin' since I [G] woke up [C] today.
How the hell can a [F] person [C] go to work in the [F] morning
[C] and come home in the [F] evenin' and have [G] nothin' to [C] say?
 
{ CHORUS }