D
John Prine
[Intro] D G x4
[Verse 1]
D G D G
I am an old woman named after my mother.
D G A D
My old man is another child that's grown old.
G D G
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
D G A D
this old house would've burnt down a long time ago.
[Chorus]
D C G D
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
C G D
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
C G D
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
G A D G D G D G D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
[Verse 2]
D G D G
When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy,
D G A D
He wa'rn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.
G D G
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
D G A D
the years just flow by like a broken-down dam.
[Chorus]
D C G D
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
C G D
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
C G D
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
G A D G D G D G D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
[Verse 3]
D G D G
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin'
D G A D
but I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
G D G
But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning
D G A D
come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?
[Chorus]
D C G D
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
C G D
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
C G D
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
G A D G D G D G D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.