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Between Montgomery and Paradise
© 1997 Rick Vanover

 

(D)Heat lightening (A7 sus)burns the southern (D)skies,
(A7 sus) (D)As Angel wipes the (A7 sus)teardrops from her (D)eyes.
(A7 sus) Seems (G)every man she's (A)trusted has (Bm)told the same old (G)lies.

And she's (D)lost between (A7 sus)Montgomery and (D)Paradise.
(A7 sus) (D)Holes have rusted (A7 sus)through the front door (D)screens.
(A7 sus) (D)The corners have all (A7 sus)curled on faded (D)dreams.
(A7 sus) And (G)silence has re(A)placed the love (Bm)songs she used to (G)sing.
And some (D)storms never (A7 sus)end, or so it (D)seems.

-chorus-
(C)Between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
(C)No final (G)words, no long good(D)byes
And as the (F)train pulls from the (G)station an angel (D)cries
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise(A7 sus)(D)(A7 sus)
-end chorus-

(D)Torn and scattered (A7 sus)pictures on the (D)floor(A7 sus)
(D)And she's broken (A7 sus)hearted like (D)before.
(A7 sus) But, after (G)twenty years of (A)crying, she's (Bm)finally found the (G)door.
Now, (D)Angel doesn't (A7 sus)live here (D)anymore.

-repeat chorus-

(C)Between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
(C)No final (G)words, no long good(D)byes
And as the (F)train pulls from the (G)station an angel (D) flies
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise(A7 sus)
-end chorus-
-instrumental- (C)(G)(D),
(C)(G)(D),
(F)(G)(D),
(C)(G)(D),
(C)(G)(D),
(A7 sus) (D)Smoke rises (A7 sus)high above the (D)town.
(A7 sus) As (D)people stand and (A7 sus)watch that house burn (D)down.
(A7 sus) They (G)call out her (A)name (Bm)but, she can't be (G)found.
And a (D)lonely railway (A7 sus)whistle's the only (D)sound.

-repeat chorus-
(C)Between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
(C)No final (G)words, no long good(D)byes
And as the (F)train pulls from the (G)station an angel (D)cries(flies)
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise
Some(C) where between Mont(G)gomery and Para(D)dise(A7 sus)(D)(A7 sus)


} -end chorus-

Check out the WOGstock song Rick wrote, (and I might add he does a hellacious imitation of John Prine...) also for all you aspiring songwriter - his website "A Songwriter's Notebook" is pretty hellacious too

Copyright 1997 Rick Vanover
12725 Sillamon Rd.
Goldvein, Virginia 22720
Telephone: 540-752-0001
* E-mail: vanover@songbook.net 

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