Without Horses chords by Chip Taylor

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What Would I Do Without
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What would I do without horses,
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it's true
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What would I do without horses and you
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Well, I could have been a  lawyer,
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once wanted to be one
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Defend all the bad guys,
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and that would be such fun
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And everybody would hate me,
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except the mafioso soul sons
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So what would I do without horses?
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What would I do without horses,
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if it's true?
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What would I do without horses
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and you?
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Well, I could have been a singer,
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once wanted to be one
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Singer,  songwriter,
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who carried a   big gun
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To shoot out every jukebox
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that played all them bad songs
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What would I do without horses?
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And   what would I  do without horses,
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it's true
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What would I do without horses
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and you
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My dad was from a poor family
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an d as a little kid
he hopped over the fence
of the golf course
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and somehow learned to play the game.
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15 years old he became the
assistant professional
at the Jewish Country Club
in Scarsdale, Sunningdale Country Club.
16 years he was a co -head pro.
He played in some tournaments
but for his back so he was relegated
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to be a teaching club pro.
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And he loved it
and he made a living for his family.
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It wasn't a big living, but it was good.
It was not a glamorous job
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back in those days.
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It was just almost like being the
locker room attendant
or something like that.
Job with dignity,
but you serviced the members and stuff.
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Later on, after many years of doing that
In the wintertime, in New York,
it was cold,
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so one of the members set him up with
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a teaching job in St. Croix.
That was wonderful.
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Didn't pay much, but Mom
and Dad got a month vacation.
When I was a senior in high school,
my brothers were off to college.
I was there by myself
when they were in St. Croix.
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At that period of time,
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I was into my gambling things a little bit,
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and I knew all the local
underground folks
who did the gambling stuff.
Most of them were Mafia guys,
they were great guys.
So I decided I was going to have a big party
over at my mom and my folks' house,
invited all those boys over,
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and the young pretty high school girls in the neighborhood,
they they served the whiskey
and they served the food
and had a great time
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and there was all these Cadillacs
parked around the house
in the neighborhood
and one of the guys sang opera
that afternoon,
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was great. My mom and dad got home,
my dad said, Jamie,
I heard you had a party
here at the house.
He said, I heard there were
Cadillacs
lined around the block.
I said, yeah.
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He said, I   heard somebody
was singing opera.
I said, yep.
He said, damn.
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I wish I was here.
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I could have been a dreamer,
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well, I   guess I still am.
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A storytelling schemer
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who made him some big plans
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By getting all the bad guys
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to listen to the good bands
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Come over to my folks' house
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to my barbecue slam jam
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With Elvis on the box
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and opera on the other hand
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Oh, what would I do without horses?
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What would I do without horses,
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it's true
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What would I do without horses
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and you