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Poems To A Horse

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Intro:   Bm-G-D- A  
        BmYou're too far to bring you across  
      	Too high to see below  
      	Just hanging on your daily dose  
	 A- 	 Bm  
	And you never needed anyone  
      	But they're rolling papers for your grass  
      	How can you give what you don't have?  
	Bridge 
	DYou keep on aiming for the top  
  	EAnd quit before you sweat a drop  
      	GFeed your emptAy brain with your hydroponic pot  
      	DYou start out playing with yourself  
      	EYou get more fun within your shell  
      	GNice to meet yAou but I gotta go my way  
     Chorus
      	BmI Gleave   again  
     	DCuz I'vAe been waiting in vain  
	Bm-G-D- A  
	But you're so in love with yourself  
	BmIf I say my Gheart is sore  
	DSouAnds like a cheap metaphor  
	Bm-G-D- A  
	So I won't repeat it no more  
	I'Bmd rather eat my soup with a fork  
      	Or drive a cab to New York  
      	Cuz to talk to you is harder work  
	A- Bm  
      	So what's the point of wasting all my words  
      	If it's just the same or even worse  
      	Than reading poems to a horse  
	bridge 
	DYou keep on aiming for the top  
  	EAnd quit before you sweat a drop  
      	GFeed your emptAy brain with your hydroponic pot  
	DI bet you'll find someone like you  
	ECuz there's a foot for every shoe  
	GI wish you luck but IA've got other things to do 
	Chorus
      	BmI Gleave   again  
     	DCuz I'vAe been waiting in vain  
	Bm-G-D- A  
	But you're so in love with yourself  
	BmIf I say my Gheart is sore  
	DSouAnds like a cheap metaphor  
	Bm-G-D- A  
	So I won't repeat it no more

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Poems To A Horse

by Shakira

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Bm G D A

Intro: ---

You're too far to bring you across

Too high to see below

Just hanging on your daily dose

A Bm

And you never needed anyone

But they're rolling papers for your grass

How can you give what you don't have?

Bridge

You keep on aiming for the top

And quit before you sweat a drop

G A

Feed your empty brain with your hydroponic pot

You start out playing with yourself

You get more fun within your shell

G A

Nice to meet you but I gotta go my way

Chorus

Bm G

I leave again

D A

Cuz I've been waiting in vain

Bm G D A

---

But you're so in love with yourself

Bm G

If I say my heart is sore

D A

Sounds like a cheap metaphor

Bm G D A

---

So I won't repeat it no more

I'd rather eat my soup with a fork

Or drive a cab to New York

Cuz to talk to you is harder work

A Bm

So what's the point of wasting all my words

If it's just the same or even worse

Than reading poems to a horse

bridge

You keep on aiming for the top

And quit before you sweat a drop

G A

Feed your empty brain with your hydroponic pot

I bet you'll find someone like you

Cuz there's a foot for every shoe

G A

I wish you luck but I've got other things to do

Chorus

Bm G

I leave again

D A

Cuz I've been waiting in vain

Bm G D A

---

But you're so in love with yourself

Bm G

If I say my heart is sore

D A

Sounds like a cheap metaphor

Bm G D A

---

So I won't repeat it no more

About Poems To A Horse Chords by Shakira

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