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    Angel From Montgomery

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    Len McCarthy
    The song tells the story of an aging woman looking back on her life and relationships. She asks to be made into an angel or poster so she has something to hold onto, as living is a hard way to go. The lyrics describe her past relationships and struggles as an older person living a difficult life.

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    Angel From Montgomery

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    Len McCarthy
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    The song tells the story of an aging woman looking back on her life and relationships. She asks to be made into an angel or poster so she has something to hold onto, as living is a hard way to go. The lyrics describe her past relationships and struggles as an older person living a difficult life.

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    John Prine's song - hit version by Bonnie Raitt - OnSong format - lyrics & chords

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    The song tells the story of an aging woman looking back on her life and relationships. She asks to be made into an angel or poster so she has something to hold onto, as living is a hard way to go. The lyrics describe her past relationships and struggles as an older person living a difficult life.

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    Angel From Montgomery

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    Len McCarthy
    The song tells the story of an aging woman looking back on her life and relationships. She asks to be made into an angel or poster so she has something to hold onto, as living is a hard way to go. The lyrics describe her past relationships and struggles as an older person living a difficult life.

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    Angel From Montgomery Key of C

    John Prine

    C F/A C F/A C F/A G7 C

    C F/A C F/A
    I am an old woman named after my mother
    C F/A G7 C
    my old man is another child that's grown old
    C F/A C F/A
    if dreams were thunder and lightning desire
    C F/A G7 C
    this old house would have burnt down a long time ago

    C Bb F/A C
    make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
    C Bb F/A C
    make me a poster of an old rodeo
    C Bb F/A C
    just give me one thing that I can hold on to
    C F/A G7 C
    to believe in this living is just a hard way to go

    C F/A C F/A
    when I was a young girl I had me a cowboy
    C F/A G7 C
    he weren't much to look at just a free rambling man
    C F/A C F/A
    but there was a long time that no matter how I tried
    C F/A G7 C
    the years just flow by like a broken down dam

    C Bb F/A C
    make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
    C Bb F/A C
    make me a poster of an old rodeo
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    C Bb F/A C
    just give me one thing that I can hold on to
    C F/A G7 C
    to believe in this living is just a hard way to go

    C F/A C F/A
    there's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
    C F/A G7 C
    and I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
    C F/A C F/A
    how the hell can a person go to work in the morning
    C F/A G7 C
    come home in the evening and have nothing to say?

    C Bb F/A C
    make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
    C Bb F/A C
    make me a poster of an old rodeo
    C Bb F/A C
    just give me one thing that I can hold on to
    C F/A G7 C
    to believe in this living is just a hard way to go

    (ENDING, SLOW)
    C F/A
    to believe in this livin's just a ...
    G7 C
    hard way to go ...

    Page 2

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