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.


[Chorus]
            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.


[Verse 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.


[Chorus]
             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.


[Verse 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.


[Chorus]
             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.