{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":604233,"song":"Angel From Montgomery","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/604233-angel-from-montgomery-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/604233?type=chord","rating":4.73326,"votes":3784,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am an old woman named after my mother.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy old man is another child that's grown old.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf dreams were lightning and thunder were desire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthis old house would've burnt down a long time ago.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me an angel that flies from Montgomery.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me a poster of an old rodeo.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust give me one thing that I can hold on to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo believe in this living is just a hard way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a young girl I had me a cowboy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wa'rn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut that was a long time, and no matter how I try,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe years just flow by like a broken-down dam.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me an angel that flies from Montgomery.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me a poster of an old rodeo.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust give me one thing that I can hold on to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo believe in this living is just a hard way to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's flies in the kitchen, I can hear 'em there buzzin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow the hell can a person go to work in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me an angel that flies from Montgomery.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake me a poster of an old rodeo.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust give me one thing that I can hold on to.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo believe in this living is just a hard way to go.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}