Angel From Montgomery Chords by Bonnie Raitt
Tempo:
62.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [E] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] I am an [A] old woman [E] named [A] after my mother.
[E] [A] My old man is [B] another [A] child [E] that's grown old.
[A] Dreams were [E] thunder and lightning was [A] desire.
[E]
This [A] old house would have burnt [B] down [C#m] a long [E] time ago.
[A] Make me an angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [B] it's just [A] a [E] hard way to go.
[A] [E] [A] [E]
When [A] I was a young girl, [E] well [A] I had me a cowboy.
[E]
[A] There weren't much to look at, [B] [C#m] just a free [E] rambling man.
[A] But that was a long [E] time, and no [A] matter how I tried,
[E] those [A] years just flow by [B] like a [E] broken down dam.
Make me [D] an angel [A] that flies [E] from Montgomery.
Make me [D] a poster [A] of an [E] old rodeo.
Just give [D] me one thing [A] that I can hold [E] on to.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's just [D] a [E] hard way to go.
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] There's [A] flies in the kitchen, [E] I [A] can hear them there buzzing.
[E] And I ain't done [A] nothing [B] since I woke [E] up today.
[A] How the hell can a [E] person go [A] to work in the morning
[E] and come home [A] in the [B] evening and have [E] nothing to say?
[D] Make me an [A] angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [D] it's just [E] a hard way to go.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's [B] just [C#] a [E] hard way to go.
[A] [E] [A]
[E] I am an [A] old woman [E] named [A] after my mother.
[E] [A] My old man is [B] another [A] child [E] that's grown old.
[A] Dreams were [E] thunder and lightning was [A] desire.
[E]
This [A] old house would have burnt [B] down [C#m] a long [E] time ago.
[A] Make me an angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [B] it's just [A] a [E] hard way to go.
[A] [E] [A] [E]
When [A] I was a young girl, [E] well [A] I had me a cowboy.
[E]
[A] There weren't much to look at, [B] [C#m] just a free [E] rambling man.
[A] But that was a long [E] time, and no [A] matter how I tried,
[E] those [A] years just flow by [B] like a [E] broken down dam.
Make me [D] an angel [A] that flies [E] from Montgomery.
Make me [D] a poster [A] of an [E] old rodeo.
Just give [D] me one thing [A] that I can hold [E] on to.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's just [D] a [E] hard way to go.
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] There's [A] flies in the kitchen, [E] I [A] can hear them there buzzing.
[E] And I ain't done [A] nothing [B] since I woke [E] up today.
[A] How the hell can a [E] person go [A] to work in the morning
[E] and come home [A] in the [B] evening and have [E] nothing to say?
[D] Make me an [A] angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [D] it's just [E] a hard way to go.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's [B] just [C#] a [E] hard way to go.
Key:
A
E
D
B
C#m
A
E
D
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] I am an [A] old woman [E] named [A] after my mother. _
[E] [A] My old man is [B] another [A] child [E] that's grown old. _
[A] Dreams were [E] thunder and lightning was [A] desire.
[E]
This [A] old house would have burnt [B] down [C#m] a long [E] time ago. _
[A] Make me an angel that [E] flies from Montgomery. _
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo. _
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [B] it's just [A] a [E] hard way to go. _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
When [A] I was a young girl, [E] well [A] I had me a cowboy.
[E] _
[A] There weren't much to look at, [B] [C#m] just a free [E] rambling man. _
[A] But that was a long [E] time, and no [A] matter how I tried,
[E] those [A] years just flow by [B] like a [E] broken down dam. _
Make me [D] an angel [A] that flies [E] from Montgomery. _
Make me [D] a poster [A] of an [E] old rodeo. _
Just give [D] me one thing [A] that I can hold [E] on to.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's just [D] a [E] hard way to go. _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] There's [A] flies in the kitchen, [E] I [A] can hear them there buzzing.
[E] _ And I ain't done [A] nothing [B] since I woke [E] up today.
_ _ [A] How the hell can a [E] person go [A] to work in the morning
[E] and come home [A] in the [B] evening and have [E] nothing to say?
_ [D] Make me an [A] angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
_ [D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
_ [D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [D] it's just [E] a hard way to go.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's [B] just [C#] a [E] hard way to go. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] I am an [A] old woman [E] named [A] after my mother. _
[E] [A] My old man is [B] another [A] child [E] that's grown old. _
[A] Dreams were [E] thunder and lightning was [A] desire.
[E]
This [A] old house would have burnt [B] down [C#m] a long [E] time ago. _
[A] Make me an angel that [E] flies from Montgomery. _
[D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo. _
[D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [B] it's just [A] a [E] hard way to go. _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
When [A] I was a young girl, [E] well [A] I had me a cowboy.
[E] _
[A] There weren't much to look at, [B] [C#m] just a free [E] rambling man. _
[A] But that was a long [E] time, and no [A] matter how I tried,
[E] those [A] years just flow by [B] like a [E] broken down dam. _
Make me [D] an angel [A] that flies [E] from Montgomery. _
Make me [D] a poster [A] of an [E] old rodeo. _
Just give [D] me one thing [A] that I can hold [E] on to.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's just [D] a [E] hard way to go. _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] There's [A] flies in the kitchen, [E] I [A] can hear them there buzzing.
[E] _ And I ain't done [A] nothing [B] since I woke [E] up today.
_ _ [A] How the hell can a [E] person go [A] to work in the morning
[E] and come home [A] in the [B] evening and have [E] nothing to say?
_ [D] Make me an [A] angel that [E] flies from Montgomery.
_ [D] Make me a poster [A] of an old [E] rodeo.
_ [D] Just give me one [A] thing that I can [E] hold on to.
To [A] believe in isn't living, [D] it's just [E] a hard way to go.
To believe [A] in isn't living, it's [B] just [C#] a [E] hard way to go. _ _ _
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