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Prine Chords
in parentheses are anticipated (play on 4th beat of previous
measure)
Strum: D D
D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Chord Guide 3 4 G: 3x0003 32 1 C: x32010 132 D: xx0232
134211 F: 133211
G C G
C Chorus: G C D
(G) G C G C G C D (G) G C G C G C D (G) G C G C How
the hell can a person go to work in the mornin’ G C D (G)
G C (hold) D (hold) G (hold)
Intro: / G – C - /
x4
I am an old woman named after my mother,
G C D (G)
My old man is another child that's grown old.
G C G C
If dreams were lightning and thunder was desire,
G
C D (G)
This old house would've burnt down a long time ago.
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
G F C (G)
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
G F C G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
G C D (G) (x2)
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
G C G C
When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy,
He weren’t much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
These dreams go by like a broken-down dam.
Chorus
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear ‘em there buzzin'
and I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
and come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?
Chorus
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this
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