Angel From Montgomery

John Prine

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Bonnie Raitt plays in A

[Intro]

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[Verse]

[G]I am an old [C]woman  [G]named after my [C]mother 

[G]My old man is [C]another   [D]child that’s grown [G]old

[G]If dreams were [C]thunder   [G]and lightning was de[C]sire

[G]This old house would’ve [C]burnt down a [D]long time [G]ago

[Fhorus]

[G]Make me an [F]angel that [C]flies from Mont[G]gomery

[G]Make me a [F]poster of an [C]old rod[G]eo

[G]Just give me [F]one thing that [C]I can hold [G]on to

[G]To believe in this [C]living is just a [D]hard way to [G]go 

[Verse]

[G]When I was a [C]young girl,  [G]I had me a [C]cowboy

[G]Wasn’t much to [C]look at,    

just a [D]free ramblin’ [G]man

[G]But that was a [C]long time, and [G]no matter how I [C]try

[G]The years just [C]flow by like [D]a broken-down [G]dam

[Fhorus]

[G]Make me an [F]angel that [C]flies from Mont[G]gomery

[G]Make me a [F]poster of an [C]old ro[G]deo

[G]Just give me [F]one thing that [C]I can hold [G]on to

[G]To believe in this [C]living is just a [F]hard way to [G]go

[Interlude]

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[Verse]

[G]There’s flies in the [C]kitchen, I can [G]hear them a-[C]buzzin’ 

[G]But I ain’t done [C]nothin’ since I [D]woke up to[G]day

[G]How the hell can a [C]person go to [G]work in the mor[C]ning

[G]Come home in the [C]evenin’, they got [D]nothin’ to [G]say 

[Fhorus]

[G]Make me an [F]angel that [C]flies from Mont[G]gomery

[G]Make me a [F]poster of an [C]old ro[G]deo

[G]Just give me [F]one thing that [C]I can hold [G]on to

[G]To believe in this [C]living is just a [F]hard way to [G]go

[Outro]

[G]To believe in this [F]living is just a [D]hard way to [G]go

This song is about a 47-year old woman, living in Montgomery, Arkansas.

Everyday when her husband goes to work she sits in the sofa, watching the dust mots falling down on the cofee-table like little aeroplanes.

Then suddenly she reaches behind the sofa, pulls out an old Martin guitar and sings this song.