Loop
D G D G | D G A D
(G shapes + capo 7 = D · C shapes + capo 2 = D)
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VERSE 1
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
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
D G A D
This old house would've burned down a long time ago
CHORUS
D G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
D G A D
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
D G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
D G A D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
VERSE 2
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 a free rambling man
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
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
D G A D
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
D G
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
D G A D
Come home in the evening and have nothing to say?
FINAL CHORUS → hold D