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Angel from Montgomery

             
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1. I am an old wom-an      named after my moth-er.
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   My old man is a-no-ther child that's grown old.
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   If dreams were thun-der     and light-ning was de-sire
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   This old house would've burnt down a long time a-go.
 
 
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Chorus: Make me an an-gel that flies from Mont-gom-ery.
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        Make me a pos-ter of an old ro-de-o.
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        Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
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        To be-lieve in this liv-ing is just a   hard way to | go  |
		
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2. When I was a young girl    well I had me a cow-boy,
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   He weren't much to look at, just a free ramb-lin' man.
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   But that was a long time,   and no mat-ter how I try,
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   Those years just flow by like a bro-ken-down dam.
   
 
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Chorus: Make me an an-gel that flies from Mont-gom-ery.
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        Make me a pos-ter of an old ro-de-o.
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        Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
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        To be-lieve in this liv-ing is just a   hard way to (go)
		                                                     
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              (go) 
		 
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3. There's flies in the kit-chen,   I can hear all their buzz-in'
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   And I ain't done noth-in' since I woke up to-day.
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   How the hell can a per-son   go to work in the morn-ing
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   And come home in the eve-nin' and have noth-in' to say?
   
 
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Chorus: Make me an an-gel that flies from Mont-gom-ery.
      E           D             A         E
        Make me a pos-ter of an old ro-de-o.
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        Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
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        To be-lieve in this liv-ing is just a   hard way to go		
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        To be-lieve in this liv-ing is just a   hard way to go...

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