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