(Verse 1) 
D           G     D              G 
I am an old woman, named after my mother 
D             G       A                  D 
My old man is another, child that’s grown old 
D              G       D             G 
If dreams were thunder, lightnin' was desire 
D                         G            A          D 
This old house would've burnt down, a long time ago 
 
(Chorus) 
D          C          G              D 
Make me an angel, that flies from Montgomery 
D         C            G       D 
Make me a poster, of an old rodeo 
D            C              G          D 
Just give me one thing, that I can hold on to 
D                  C                G           D 
To believe in this livin', is just a hard way to go 
 
(Verse 2) 
D            G          D                G 
When I was a young girl well I, had me a cowboy 
D                 G             A             D 
He weren’t much to look at, just free ramblin' man 
D                   G         D             G                    
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try 
D              G              A           D 
The years just flow by, like a broken down dam. 
 
(Chorus) 
 
(Verse 3) 
D                    G       D              G 
There’s flies in the kitchen, I can hear them a-buzzin' 
D                G               A       D  
And I ain’t done nothing, since I woke up today. 
D            G            D                 G                 
How the hell can a person, go to work in the mornin' 
D                    G                A          D 
And come home in the evenin', and have nothing to say. 
 
(Chorus) 
D          C          G              D 
Make me an angel, that flies from Montgomery 
D         C            G       D 
Make me a poster, of an old rodeo 
D            C              G          D 
Just give me one thing, that I can hold on to 
D                  C                G           D 
To believe in this livin', is just a, hard way to go  (Repeat last line)