Angel From Montgomery John Prine

**Chords:**
C  G  C  G  
F  C  G  C  
C  G  C  G  
F  C  G  C  

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

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

C                    G  
When I was a young girl, I had a come-on heart  
C                          G  
I wanted to be the queen of my own world  
F                     C  
But I found out that love is just a game of chance  
G                          C  
And a heart can be broken before it ever starts  

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

C                    G  
There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear them buzzing  
C                      G  
And I ain’t done nothing since I woke up today