{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2289969,"song":"Ballad Of A Runaway Horse","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2289969-ballad-of-a-runaway-horse-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2289969?type=chord","rating":4.89104,"votes":33,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nSay a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe'll walk til she finds him her darling her stray[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut the rivers in flood and the roads are awash[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the bridges break up in the panic of loss[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd there's nothing to follow nowhere to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe's gone like the summer gone like the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the crickets are breaking her heart with their song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAs the day caves in and the night is all wrong[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nDid she dream was it he who went galloping past[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd bent down the fern broke open the grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat she nailed to his feet in the dreams of her youth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd although he goes grazing a minute away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe tracks him all night she tracks him all day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd she's blind to his presence except to compare[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHer injury here with his punishment there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen at home on a branch on a high stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nA Songbird sings out so suddenly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun is warm and the soft winds ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOn a willow tree by the riverside[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAll the world is sweet and the world is wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe's  there where the light and the darkness divide[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the steam's coming off him he's huge and he's shy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]                                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd he comes to her hand but he's not really tame[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe longs to be lost she longs for the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd he'll bolt and he'll plunge through the first open pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTo roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nOr he'll make a break for the high plateau[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere there's nothing above and nothing below[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt's time for their burden the whip and the spur[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWill she ride with him or will he ride with her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo she binds herself to her galloping steed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd he binds himself to the woman in need[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd there is no space just left and right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd there is no time but there is day and night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd she leans on his neck and whispers low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhither thou goest I will go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd they turn as one and they head for the plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo need for the whip or no need for the rein[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow the clasp of this union who fastens it tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho snaps it asunder the very next night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSome say  it's him some say it's her[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSome say love's like smoke beyond all repair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo my darling my darling just let it go by[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat old silhouette on the great western sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]                                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd they're gone like smoke and the're gone like this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSay a prayer for the cowgirl[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nB\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["B","E","F#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}