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I Break Horses

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well I roAde out to the oF#mcean
and the wAater looked like tarnished F#mgold
AI rode out on a brF#moken horse
who toAld me she'd never felt sF#mo old
Ashe asked me if I'd feed her
and F#mride her now and then
Ano no no, no no no, no no no,
I break F#mhorses 
I don't tend to tAhem
            F#m(Hoooooooo)
I break horses
they seem to cAome to me
                F#m(Hoooooooo)
asking to be broken
they seem to rAun to me
             F#m(Hoooooooo)
I break horses
doesn't take me loAng
just a F#mfew well-placed words
and their wAandering hearts are goneF#m  A  
F#mwell at first her warmth felt good between my Alegs
F#mliving breathing heart-beating fAlesh
F#mbut soon that warmth turned to an itch
turned to a scratch
turned to a gash
I bAreak 
I break F#mhorses 
I don't tend to AthemF#m  A  
F#mtonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
Aand I don't want to see you swimming behind
F#mtonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
Aand I don't want to see you swimming behind
no I break F#mhorses
I don't tend to Athem
F#m            A
F#m

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I Break Horses

by Smog

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F#m

A F#m

well I rode out to the ocean

A F#m

and the water looked like tarnished gold

A F#m

I rode out on a broken horse

A F#m

who told me she'd never felt so old

she asked me if I'd feed her

F#m

and ride her now and then

no no no, no no no, no no no,

F#m

I break horses

I don't tend to them

F#m

(Hoooooooo)

I break horses

they seem to come to me

F#m

(Hoooooooo)

asking to be broken

they seem to run to me

F#m

(Hoooooooo)

I break horses

doesn't take me long

F#m

just a few well-placed words

A F#m A

and their wandering hearts are gone

F#m A

well at first her warmth felt good between my legs

F#m A

living breathing heart-beating flesh

F#m

but soon that warmth turned to an itch

turned to a scratch

turned to a gash

I break

F#m

I break horses

A F#m A

I don't tend to them

F#m

tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island

and I don't want to see you swimming behind

F#m

tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island

and I don't want to see you swimming behind

F#m

no I break horses

I don't tend to them

F#m A

F#m

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