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