Angel From Montgomery Lyrics And

by John Prine

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

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

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

C                      G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
        Am                        E
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 'em