Angel From Montgomery
Bonnie Rait & John Prine (Prine, 1971)
Verses D G
4/4 | D - - u D - D - | - u D - D - D - |
1 2 & 3 4 & 2 3 4
Chorus 4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
1 3 4 &
Intro
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] I am an old [G] woman [D] named after my [G] mother
[D] My old man is a- [G] nother [A] child that's grown [D] old
[D] If dreams were [G] thunder, [D] lightning was de- [G] sire
[D] This old house would have [G] burnt down a [A] long time a- [D] go
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] When I was a [G] young girl well, [D] I had me a [G] cowboy
[D] He weren't much to [G] look at, just [A] free rambling [D] man
[D] But that was a [G] long time, [D] and no matter how [G] I try
[D] The years just [G] flow by like a [D] broken down [D] dam.
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] There's flies in the [G] kitchen, [D] I can hear 'em there [G] buzzin'
[D] And I ain't done [G] nothin', since I [A] woke up to- [D] day.
[D] How the hell can a [G] person [D] go to work in the [G] morning
[D] Come home in the [G] evenin' and have [A] nothin' to [D] say.
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
[D↓]To believe in this [G↓]living is just a [A↓]hard way... to go [D↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with this version.
#Last Updated 11/20/18 JJ
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Bonnie Rait & John Prine (Prine, 1971)
Verses D G
4/4 | D - - u D - D - | - u D - D - D - |
1 2 & 3 4 & 2 3 4
Chorus 4/4 | D - - - D - d u |
1 3 4 &
Intro
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] I am an old [G] woman [D] named after my [G] mother
[D] My old man is a- [G] nother [A] child that's grown [D] old
[D] If dreams were [G] thunder, [D] lightning was de- [G] sire
[D] This old house would have [G] burnt down a [A] long time a- [D] go
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] When I was a [G] young girl well, [D] I had me a [G] cowboy
[D] He weren't much to [G] look at, just [A] free rambling [D] man
[D] But that was a [G] long time, [D] and no matter how [G] I try
[D] The years just [G] flow by like a [D] broken down [D] dam.
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
| [D] ... [G] | ....... | [D] ... [G] | ....... |
[D] There's flies in the [G] kitchen, [D] I can hear 'em there [G] buzzin'
[D] And I ain't done [G] nothin', since I [A] woke up to- [D] day.
[D] How the hell can a [G] person [D] go to work in the [G] morning
[D] Come home in the [G] evenin' and have [A] nothin' to [D] say.
Chorus
[D] Make me an [C] angel that [G] flies from Mont- [D] gomery
[D] Make me a [C] poster of an [G] old rode- [D] o
[D] Just give me [C] one thing that [G] I can hold [D] on to
[D] To believe in this [G] living is just a [A] hard way to [D] go
[D↓]To believe in this [G↓]living is just a [A↓]hard way... to go [D↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with this version.
#Last Updated 11/20/18 JJ
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