Jesse Welles – Horses (Guitar)

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As recorded by Jesse Welles (2025 release) [Intro] Em C Em C Em C Em C [Verse 1]
       Em                     C
All my flannels made in Bangladesh

       Em              C
All my t shirts in Vietnam

          Em                      C 
There are places that we quietly ignore

          G                     D
There are places that we go and bomb

           Em                         C
You know I thought an awful lot about Jesus

     Em             C
Even more about Lao Tzu

                 Em                   C
You say that the way of the Tao is to do nothing

              G                     D
Then what the hell am I supposed to do
[Pre-Chorus]
             Am
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink

    C
The tighter you grip, the more that you slip
[Chorus]
       G
So I'm singing this song about loving

        C                          G
All the people that you've come to hate

     C                             G
It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday

         Em                     Am
Why am I holding on to all this weight?

           G
You know I really thought that thеre'd be power

            C                           G
In thinking half of y'all was just born fools

              C                     G
Thought I was gathering oats for my horses

      Em         Am          Em    C  Em  C
I was getting by whipping my mules
[Verse 2]
          Em                       C
There's a book I read I don't remember

          Em                         C
There's a place I've been I've never seen

          Em                          C
There's a note that I wrote that went up in smoke

             G                  D
There's some songs I don't ever sing

             Em                       C
You know the stars in the sky were burning

         Em                     C
Most are burning unbeknownst to me

                  Em          C
I wish I would've paid more attention

       G                      D
To the bigger things I didn't see
[Pre-Chorus]
             Am
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink

    C
The tighter you grip, the more that you slip
[Chorus]
       G
So I'm singing this song about loving

        C                          G
All the people that you've come to hate

     C                             G
It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday

         Em                     Am
Why am I holding on to all this weight?

           G
You know I really thought that thеre'd be power

            C                           G
In thinking half of y'all was just born fools

              C                     G
Thought I was gathering oats for my horses

      Em         Am          Em
I was getting by whipping my mules
[Bridge]
           D
I got some bricks so thick that they don't make sense

       C              G
In the walls up in my mind

    C                            G
But life is pretty short and the road's got forks

     Em                        Am
So I take 'em down while I got time
[Pre-Chorus]
             Am
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink

    C
The tighter you grip, the further you slip
[Out-Chorus]
       G
So I'm singing this song about loving

        C                          G
All the people that you've come to hate

     C                             G
It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday

         Em                     Am
Why am I holding on to all this weight?

           G
You know I really thought that thеre'd be power

            C                           G
In thinking half of y'all was just born fools

              C                     G
Thought I was gathering oats for my horses

      Em         Am          G
I was getting by whipping my mules