Angel From Montgomery Guitar

by John Prine

Date Added
8/11/2025
**Chords:**
C  G  Am  C  G  F  C  G

C                          G
I am an old woman named after my mother
        Am                     C
My old man is another child that's grown old
       G               F                  C
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
        G                         C  G
This old house woulda burned down a long time ago

C                          G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
        Am                     C
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
       G               F                  C
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
        G                          C  G
To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go

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

C                          G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
        Am                     C
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
       G               F                  C
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
        G                          C  G
To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go

C                          G
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em