Angel From Montgomery
John Prine
Each chord gets two beats unless otherwise noted.
The chords with (3/8) next to them are played for a measure of 3/8 (count “1 2 3”), and the chord after them (G) is played for a measure of 2/4 (count “1 and 2 and”). In simpler terms, the (3/8) chord as being played for an extra 8th note. Deceptively tricky!
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Main Strum:
D D DUD D DU 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
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8th Note Strum:
∆ ∆ D D D D DU ∆ = Chord change 1 2 3 1 + 2 + |
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
32 1
C: x32010 |
132
D: xx0232 |
134211
F: 133211 |
Intro: / G – C - / x4
G C
G C
I am an old woman named after my mother,
G C D (3/8) 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 (3/8) G
This old house would've burnt down a long time ago.
Chorus:
G F C G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
G F C (1½
beats) 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 (3/8) G (2)
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,
G
C D (3/8) G
He weren’t much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.
G C
G C
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
G
C D (3/8) G
These dreams go by like a broken-down dam.
Chorus
G
C G C
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear ‘em there buzzin'
G
C D (3/8) G
and I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
G C G C
How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin’
G
C D (3/8) G
and come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?
Chorus
G C
(hold) D (hold) G (hold)
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.