Angel From Montgomery bass tab by John Prine

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Verse 1
 7                   10                            14
G|---------------|-----|----------------|---------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|----------|
D|---------------|-----|-5--------------|---------|-5-------------|-----------|-------2------4----|-5--------|
A|---------------|-3---|----------------|-3-----3-|---------------|-3---------|-5-----------------|------3/5-|
E|---------------|-----|----------------|---------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|----------|
          o   o        o   o  o        o      o   o   o   o   o
 I am an old wo  man  *named after my mother  *My old man is another   child that's grown old
 G      C      G        C         G    C      D7         G

 15                        18                    20
G|----------------|-------------|------------------|-------|--------------------------------|------------|
D|-5--------------|-------------|------------------|-------|--------------------------------|------------|
A|----------------|-3---------3-|------------------|-3---3-|--------------------------------|-3--------3-|
E|----------------|-------------|-3--------3-------|-------|-3--------------3---------------|------------|
  o+        o     o  o+    o     o+   o+       o         o+    o
 *If dreams were  lighting   *thunder was desi re   *This old house would have burnt down   a
 G         C       G      C       G             C

 21
G|-------------|-----------|
D|------2----4-|-5---------|
A|-5-----------|-------3/5-|
E|-------------|-----------|
  o  o  o  o
  long time a  go
  D7    G

Chorus
 23                         26                       30
G|----------------|----------|---------------------|-------|--------------|-------------|----------|---------|
D|-5-------0--5---|-3--------|---------------------|-------|-5--------0-5-|-3------3----|----------|---------|
A|----------------|------5---|-3----------3----5---|-----5-|--------------|-----------5-|-3---2--0-|-----3/5-|
E|----------------|----------|---------------------|-3-----|--------------|-------------|----------|-3-------|
 o+    |__|  o+  o   o+     |____|   o+ o  o+    |_|  o   o o  o+ o+ o+ o+  o
 *Make me an an  gel * that flies from Mont gome ry   *Make me a po ster * of an old ro de o
 o+    |__|  o+  o   o+     |____|   o+ o  o+    |_|  o   o o  o+ o+ o+ o+  o
 G    F          C        G       G     F         C     G

 31                        34              36
G|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-5---------0--5--|-3-----------|----------------|-------|-5-----------0--5---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------5---|-3-----3----5---|-----5-|--------------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-3-----|--------------------|-----------------|
 *Just give me one thing * that I can hold on  to   *To believe in this living is just a
  o+    |__|  o    o   o+  |____|  o+ o  o+     |__|   o+
 G       F          C        G    G          C

 37                     41
G|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|-0----2---4-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|
A|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
  hard way to go
  D      G

Verse 2
 42               44                            47
G|--------------------|----------|----------------------|--------|---------------------|--|-----------|
D|-5------------------|--------5-|----------------------|------5-|------------------------|-----5-----|
A|--------------------|-3--------|--------------5-------|-3------|------------5-----------|-3---------|
E|--------------------|----------|-3--------------------|--------|-3----------------------|-----------|
 *When I was a young  girl    *well, I had me a cow boy   *he wern't much to look at just a
  o+          o   o  o      o     o   o o     o       o  o
 G       C         G         C       G         C

 48                        51               53
G|---------------|----------|---------------------|---------|---------------------|---------|
D|------2---4----|-5--------|-5-------------------|-------5-|---------------------|-------5-|
A|-5-------------|--------5-|-----------5---------|-3-------|----------------5----|-3-------|
E|---------------|----------|---------------------|---------|-3-------------------|---------|
  free ram bling man    *But that was a long time   *And no matter how I try
  o+  o+ o+   o   o  o+    o      o   o  o       o   o   o
 D7       G      G        C        G           C

 54                        57
G|---------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
D|---------------------|------5-----|-----2---4---|-5---------|
A|------------5--------|-3----------|-5-----------|-------3/5-|
E|-3-------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
  *the years just flow by * like a bro ken down dam
  o     o     o  o    o  o  o   o   o
 G        C         D7      G

Chorus
 58                         61                       65
G|----------------|----------|---------------------|-------|--------------|-------------|----------|---------|
D|-5-------0--5---|-3--------|---------------------|-------|-5--------0-5-|-3------3----|----------|---------|
A|----------------|------5---|-3----------3----5---|-----5-|--------------|-----------5-|-3---2--0-|-----3/5-|
E|----------------|----------|---------------------|-3-----|--------------|-------------|----------|-3-------|
 o+    |__|  o+  o   o+     |____|   o+ o  o+    |_|  o   o o  o+ o+ o+ o+  o
 *Make me an an  gel * that flies from Mont gome ry   *Make me a po ster * of an old ro de o
 G    F          C        G       G     F         C     G

 66                        69              71
G|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-5---------0--5--|-3-----------|----------------|-------|-5-----------0--5---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------5---|-3-----3----5---|-----5-|--------------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-3-----|--------------------|-----------------|
 *Just give me one thing * that I can hold on  to   *To believe in this living is just a
  o+    |__|  o    o   o+  |____|  o+ o  o+     |__|   o+
 G       F          C        G    G          C

 72                     76
G|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|-0----2---4-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|-5---5-0-|
A|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
  hard way to go
  D      G

Verse 3
 77                            80               82
G|----------------------|------------|--------------------|------------|------------------|---------------|
D|-5--------------5--0--|----------5-|---------------5----|----------5-|------------------|----------5----|
A|----------------------|-3----------|--------------------|-3----------|--------------5---|-3-------------|
E|----------------------|------------|-3------------------|------------|-3----------------|---------------|
  *There's flies in the kitchen   I can hear'em there buzzing   *and I ain't done nothing since
  o+       |__|  o    o  o       o   o    o  o      o   o    o
 G            C      G          C      G         C

 83                      86               88
G|------------|------------|--------------------|----------|-------------------|------------|
D|------------|-5----------|-5------------------|--------5-|-------------------|----------5-|
A|-3----2---0-|--------3/5-|---------------5----|-3--------|--------5----------|-3----------|
E|------------|------------|--------------------|----------|-3-----------------|------------|
  I  woke up today    *How the hell can a person   *go to work in the morning
  o+ o+  o+ o   o   o       o   o     o   o      o    o
  D7       G     G          C         G      C

 89                          92
G|---------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
D|---------------------|-------------5---|----2-----4--|-5---------|
A|----------5----------|-3---------------|-5-----------|-------3/5-|
E|-3-------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
 *And come home in the evening and have no thing to  say
  o    o      o      o   o o   o  o   o
 G           C         D7      G

Chorus:
 93                         96                       100
G|----------------|----------|---------------------|-------|--------------|-------------|----------|---------|
D|-5-------0--5---|-3--------|---------------------|-------|-5--------0-5-|-3------3----|----------|---------|
A|----------------|------5---|-3----------3----5---|-----5-|--------------|-----------5-|-3---2--0-|-----3/5-|
E|----------------|----------|---------------------|-3-----|--------------|-------------|----------|-3-------|
 o+    |__|  o+  o   o+     |____|   o+ o  o+    |_|  o   o o  o+ o+ o+ o+  o
 *Make me an an  gel * that flies from Mont gome ry   *Make me a po ster * of an old ro de o
 G      F        C        G       G     F         C  G

 101                       104             106
G|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-5---------0--5--|-3-----------|----------------|-------|-5-----------0--5---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------5---|-3-----3----5---|-----5-|--------------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-------------|----------------|-3-----|--------------------|-----------------|
 *Just give me one thing * that I can hold on  to   *To believe in this living is just a
  o+    |__|  o    o   o+  |____|   o+ o  o+     |__|   o+
 G       F         C        G    G          C

 107                     111
G|------------|---------|---------|-----------||
D|-0----2---4-|-5-------|-5---5-0-|-----5---5-||
A|------------|---------|---------|-5-7---7---||
E|------------|---------|---------|-----------||
 hard way to  go
 O  O  o  o
 D       G

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G = Guitar Chord

|_| = Two eighth notes

0+,o = Relative note duration