Angel From Montgomery chords by John Prine

Capo on the 2nd fret

Verse 1:

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I am an old woman named after my mother
D
My old man is another child that's grown old
G
If dreams were thunder lightning was desire
D
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago


Chorus:
D

Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
D
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
D
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Verse 2:

G
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
D
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
G
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
D
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.


(Repeat chorus/interlude)


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