Intro
D G D G A D x 2
Verse
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