Fly Me An Angel

	  		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