D           G      D               G
I am an old man   named after my father
D              G           A              D
My brotha was another  child that is grown
D              G            D             G
If dreams were lightning   and thunder desire
D                 G                 A           D
This old house would've burnt down a long time ago

[Chorus]

D                C                  G                D
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D             C                G                D
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D             C               G                D
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D               C              G               D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

[Verse 2]

D               G         D            G
When I was a young boy   I had me a lover
D                   G           A                D
She wasnt much of a looker   just a free ramblin'soul
D                    G                 D                 G
But that was such a long time ago,   and no matter how I try
D                 G                               A              D
These dreams go back (well they go back like)   a broken-down dam


[Chorus]

D                C                  G                D
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D             C                G                D
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D             C               G                D
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D               C              G               D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

[Solo]
 D C G D

[Verse 3]

D              G                 D               G
There's flies in the kitchen,I can hear them a-buzzin'
D              G          A                 D
But I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today
D           G                 D               G
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
D              G            A                 D
Come home in the evenin', they got nothin' to say

[Chorus]

D                C                  G                D
lord wont you send me an angel fly her straight to Montgomery
D             C                G                D
Make her the prettiest thing that I never did see
D             C               G                D
Just give me one damn thing that I can hold on to
D               C              G               D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

D                   C               G          D
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go