Fly Me An Angel chords by Bonnie Raitt

Chords with lyrics

Intro

 D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD x 2

Verse
D MajorD      G+G   D MajorD        G+G
I am an old man  named after my father
D MajorD       G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
My brotha was another child that is grown
D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD       G+G
If dreams were lightning  and thunder desire
D MajorD         G+G         A augmentedA      D MajorD
This old house would've burnt down a long time ago

Chorus

D MajorD        C majorC         G+G        D MajorD
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D MajorD        C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

verse 2

D MajorD        G+G     D MajorD      G+G
When I was a young boy  I had me a lover
D MajorD          G+G      A augmentedA        D MajorD
She wasnt much of a looker  just a free ramblin'soul
D MajorD          G+G         D MajorD         G+G
But that was such a long time ago,  and no matter how I try
D MajorD         G+G                A augmentedA       D MajorD
These dreams go back (well they go back like)  a broken-down dam


Chorus

D MajorD        C majorC         G+G        D MajorD
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D MajorD        C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Solo
 D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD

verse 3

D MajorD       G+G         D MajorD        G+G
There's flies in the kitchen,I can hear them a-buzzin'
D MajorD       G+G     A augmentedA         D MajorD
But I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
D MajorD      G+G         D MajorD        G+G
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
D MajorD       G+G      A augmentedA         D MajorD
Come home in the evenin', they got nothin' to say

Chorus

D MajorD        C majorC         G+G        D MajorD
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D MajorD       C majorC        G+G        D MajorD
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D MajorD        C majorC       G+G        D MajorD
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

D MajorD          C majorC        G+G     D MajorD
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go