G/B D G/B D G/B I am an old woman named after my mother D G/B A7 D my old man is another child that's grown old D G/B D G/B if dreams were thunder and lightning desire D G/B A7 D this old house would have burnt down a long time ago D C G D make me an angel that flies from Montgomery D C G D make me a poster of an old rodeo D C G D just give me one thing that I can hold on to D G A7 D G/B to believe in this living is just a hard way to go D G D G when I was a young girl I had me a cowboy D G C D he weren't much to look at just a free rambling man D G D G but there was a long time that no matter how I tried D G A7 D the years just flow by like a broken down dam refrain D G D G there's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing D G A7 D and I ain't done nothing since I woke up today D G D G how the hell can a person go to work in the morning D G A7 D come home in the evening and have nothing to say? refrain