Fly Me An Angel
Bonnie Raitt
RockEasy for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
D
G
A
C
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
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
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Chord set
D · G · A · C
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.