{VERSE}
[E           A     E              A]
I am an old (man) named after my (father).
[E              A      B                  E]
My old man is another child that's grown old.
[E               A             E              A]
If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire
E                       A            B         E
this old house would've burnt down a long time ago.

{CHORUS}
[E          D          A          E]
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery.
[E          D            A       E]
Make me a poster of an old rodeo.
[E          D            A       E]
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.
[E                   D               A           E              ]
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.

[E A E A E]

{VERSE}
[E           A     E              A]
When I was a young (boy) I had me a (cowgirl),
[E              A      B                  E]
He wa'rn't much to look at, just a free ramblin' (woman).
[E               A             E              A]
But that was a long time, and no matter how I try,
[E                       A            B         E]
the years just flow by like a broken-down dam.

{CHORUS}

[E A E A E]

{VERSE}
[E           A     E              A]
There's flies in the kitchen, I can hear all their buzzin'
[E              A      B                  E]
but I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today.
[E               A             E              A]
But how the hell can a person go to work in the morning
[E                       A            B         E]
come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say?

{CHORUS}

[E                   D               A           E]
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go.