• Song:

    Let There Be Horses

  • Artist:

    The Barr Brothers

  • Album:

    The Barr Brothers

Barr Brothers - Let There Be Horses

capo 7, chords relative to capo

G (320003@1)GMary (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                    Db*      Cyou (x32010@1)would not be the woman that you are
    Am (x02210@1)          Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)      Bm7if (x20202@1)someone could mend your troubled heart
 Bbm7 (x13121@1)        Am7that (x02010@1)would be easier
               C (x32010@1)       walkdown
that would be wrong

GWater (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                        Db* Csometimes (x32010@1)i think my cup might overfill
      Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)      Bm7as (x20202@1)if god and the devil had struck a deal
   Bbm7 (x13121@1)          Am7so (x02010@1)you could have this one
          Cafter (x32010@1)im done

Cohhhhhhhhhh (x32010@1)             Glet (320003@1)me hear music
               Dlike (xx0232@1)you hear music
 Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)  Clike (x32010@1)we were just born

Cohhhhhhhhhhh (x32010@1)              Glet (320003@1)there be horses
              Dlet (xx0232@1)there be danger
 Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1) Glet (320003@1)there be one song
   C (x32010@1)          Ga (320003@1)song for the little man
   C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         Ga (320003@1)song for his wife and his two charmed children
     C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)  Dhis (xx0232@1)children and his hope alive

Gpeople (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                      Db*      Cwant (x32010@1)love but have little for themself
    Am (x02210@1)       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)       Bm7or (x20202@1)pray for a stranger to lift their veil
 Bbm7 (x13121@1)        Am7that (x02010@1)would be everyone
              Cthat (x32010@1)would be us

Gchildren (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                       Db*    Clight (x32010@1)would never keep us from itself
    Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)     Bm7it (x20202@1)bends to our window, we weep and yell
    Bbm7 (x13121@1)     Am7but (x02010@1)you are a daughter
           Cyou (x32010@1)are a son

Cohhhhhhhh (x32010@1)             Glet (320003@1)me have patience
               Dlike (xx0232@1)you have patience
 Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1) Clike (x32010@1)you were oooooold

Cohhhhhhhh (x32010@1)              Glet (320003@1)there be horses
               Dthere (xx0232@1)will be danger
Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1) Glet (320003@1)there be one song
   C (x32010@1)          Ga (320003@1)song for the little man
   C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         Ga (320003@1)song for his wife and his two charmed children
     C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)  Dhis (xx0232@1)children and his hope alive

instrumental: verse chords x2

end on G

*I play the Db like this: x43020  It is quite dissonant and I'm not sure what to 
call it, but it resolves quickly on the C.

notes:
- transcribed from http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/12/the-barr-
brothers---let-there-be-horses-1.html
- use that video to figure out some of the more intricate parts (licks, fillers, walkdowns, etc)
- i'm not convinced of all of the lyrics, but did the best i could.
- transcribed by robertdanielmaher(at) gmail (dot) com
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