Artist John Prine
Album John Prine
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Verse:
GG chord           CC chord       GG chord              CC chord
I am an old woman named after my mother
GG chord               CC chord        DD chord               GG chord
My old man is another child that's grown old
GG chord              CC chord       GG chord                CC chord 
If dreams were thunder lightning was desire
GG chord                          CC chord            DD chord         GG chord
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Chorus:
GG chord           FF chord           CC chord             GG chord
Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
GG chord          FF chord            CC chord      GG chord
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
GG chord             FF chord             CC chord          GG chord
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
GG chord                   FF chord                DD chord          GG chord
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Verse:
GG chord             CC chord                  GG chord        CC chord
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
GG chord                   CC chord             DD chord            GG chord
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
GG chord                   CC chord        GG chord             CC chord    
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
GG chord               CC chord              DD chord          GG chord
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Chorus:
GG chord           FF chord           CC chord             GG chord
Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
GG chord          FF chord            CC chord      GG chord
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
GG chord             FF chord             CC chord          GG chord
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
GG chord                   FF chord                DD chord          GG chord
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Verse:
GG chord                     CC chord             GG chord              CC chord
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
GG chord                 CC chord               DD chord      GG chord
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
GG chord                   CC chord     GG chord                 CC chord 
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
GG chord                     CC chord                DD chord         GG chord
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say?

Chorus:
GG chord           FF chord           CC chord             GG chord
Make me an angel that flies from montgomery
GG chord          FF chord            CC chord      GG chord
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
GG chord             FF chord             CC chord          GG chord
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
GG chord                   FF chord                DD chord          GG chord
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

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