[Verso 1]

E               A       E              A 
I am an old woman named after my mother. 
E        A              D                  E 
My old man is another child that's grown old. 
              A               E          A     E 
If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire 
             A                             D       E 
this old house would've burnt down a long time ago. 
  
  

[Refrão]

            D              A                E 
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
           D             A     E 
Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
             D              A           E 
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
                    D                 A         E    A   E   A 
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go. 
  
  

[Verso 2]

E             A            E            A  E 
When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy, 
                 A              E             A 
wasn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man. 
E               A                 E             A 
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try, 
E               A             D            E 
the years just flow by like a broken-down dam. 
  
  

[Refrão]
 
             D          A               E 
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
           D             A      E 
Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
              D             A               E 
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
                     D                A          E    A   E   A 
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go. 
  
  

[Verso 3]
 
E         A                           E              A 
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin' 
E                    A           E           A 
but I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today. 
E                     A           E             A 
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning 
  E        A                            D          E 
And come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say. 
  
  

[Refrão]
 
             D         A                E 
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery. 
           D             A      E 
Make me a poster of an old rodeo. 
              D            A               E 
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to. 
                  D                 A             E    A   E   A 
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go. 
                      D               A         E 
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.