Intro: E A
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I am an old woman named after my mother.
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My old man is another child that's grown old.
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If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire
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this old house would've burnt down a long time ago.
CHORUS
D A E
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
D Ama7 E
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
D A E
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
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To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.
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When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy,
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wasn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' man.
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But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
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the years just flow by like a broken-down dam.
Chorus
Solo: E A
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There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear
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all their buzzin'
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but I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
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How the Hell can a person go to work in the morning
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come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say.
Chorus
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“To believe in this livin’ is just a hard way to go.” (ritard)
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