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Angel From Montgomery Bass Tab by John Prine

Angel From Montgomery bass tab by John Prine

Bass Tab 

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
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  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

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