Angel From Montgomery chords by Jesse Welles

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

Intro:

C F C F
C F G F C
G


Verse 1:
C      F   C       F
I am an old woman named after my mother
C      F   G       F  C   G
Old man is another child that's-a gone wrong
C      F     C         F
Dreams were lightning, and thunder were desire
C             F      G     F C G
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Chorus:
C     Bb     F       C
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
     Bb      F     C G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
C       Bb       F     C
Just give-a me one thing that I can hold on to
           Bb        F
To believe in this-a living is just a hard way to go


Interlude:
C F C F
G C G C


Verse 2:
          F   C        F
When I was a young girl, well, I had me a cowboy
C            F     G       C  G C
He weren't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man
          F   C       F
But that was a long time, no matter how hard I try
C           F       G   F  C  G
The more years just-a roll by likе a broken-down dam


Chorus:
C     Bb     F       C
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
     Bb      F     C G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
C       Bb       F     C
Just give-a me one thing that I can hold on to
           Bb        F
To believe in this-a living is just a hard way to go


Harmonica Solo:
C F C F
G F G C
G


Verse 3:
C           F   C        F
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em-a buzzing
C         F        G    F C  G
And I ain't done-a nothing since I woke up today
C         F   C         F
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
C          F        G    F C  G
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say?



Chorus:
C     Bb     F       C
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
     Bb      F     C G
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
C       Bb       F     C
Just give-a me one thing that I can hold on to
           Bb        F       C
To believe in this-a living is just a hard way to go
          Bb        F
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go


Outro:
C F C F
C F G F C