Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Verse 1

I am an old woman named after my mother

My old man is another child that's grown old

If dreams were lightning and thunder desire

This old house would've burnt down a long time ago

Chorus

Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery

Make me a poster of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing that I can hold on to

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

Verse 2

When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy

Wasn'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 back like a broken-down dam

Repeat Chorus:

Solo

Like the Verses

Verse 3

There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear them a-buzzin'

But I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning

Come home in the evenin', they got nothin' to say

Repeat Chorus:

After playing the last chorus, end with:

To believe in this living is just a hard way to go