Ballad Of A Runaway Horse chords by Emmylou Harris
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Verse 1
(G major) Say a prayer for the cowgirl
Her horse ran away
She'll (C major) walk 'til she finds
him, her darling
Her stray but the (G major) river's in flood and
The roads are awash
And the (D major) bridges break up in the
panic of (G major) loss
Verse 2
(G major)
And there's nothing to follow,
nowhere to go
He's (C major) gone like the summer,
gone like the snow
And the (G major) crickets are breaking her
Heart with their song
As the (D major) day caves in and
The night is all (G major) wrong
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Verse 3
(G major)
Did she dream? Was it he
Who went galloping past?
(C major) And bent down the fern,
broke open the grass
And (G major) printed the mud with
The well hammered shoe
That she nailed (D major) to his speed in
The dreams of her (G major) youth
Verse 4
(G major)
And although he goes
grazing a minute away
She (C major) tracks him all night
She tracks him all day
And she's (G major) blind to his
Presence except to compare
Her (D major) injury here with his punishment (G major) there
Verse 5
(G major)
Then at (C major) home on a branch
on a high stream
A songbird (G major) sings out so suddenly
And the (C major) sun is warm and the soft winds ride
On a (G major) willow tree (D major) by the river (G major) side
Verse 6
(G major)
Ah the world is sweet
and the world is wide
And he's (C major) there where the light
And the darkness divide
(G major) And the steam's coming off him
He's huge and he's shy
And he (D major) steps on the moon when
He paws at the (G major) sky
Verse 7
(G major)
And he comes to her hand
But he's not really tame
He longs (C major) to be lost,
she longs for the same
And he'll (G major) bolt and he'll plunge
Through the first open pass
To (D major) roll and to feed in
The sweet mountain (G major) grass
Verse 8
(G major)
Or he'll make a break for
the high plateau
Where (C major) there's nothing above
and nothing below
It's time (G major) for their burden
The whip and the spur
Will (D major) she ride with him or
Will he ride with (G major) her?
Verse 9
(G major)
So she (C major) binds herself to her galloping steed
And he (G major) binds himself to the
woman in need
And there (C major) is no space, just left and right
And (G major) there is no time
(D major) But there is day and night (G major)
Verse 10
(G major)
Then she leans on his neck
and whispers low
(C major) Whither thou goest, I will go
And they (G major) turn as one and
They head for the plain
No (D major) need for the whip,
oh no need for the (G major) rein
Verse 11
(G major)
Now the clasp of this union
Who fastens it tight
Who (C major) snaps it asunder the very next night
(G major) Some say it's him, some say it's her
Some say (D major) love's like smoke
beyond all re (G major) pair
Verse 12
(G major)
So my darling, my darling, just let it go by
That (C major) old silhouette on
the great western sky
And I'll pick (G major) out a tune
And they'll move right along
And they're (D major) gone like smoke and
They're gone like (G major) this song
Outro 1
Say a prayer for the cowgirl
(G major)
Ballad Of A Runaway Horse
Emmylou Harris
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