Ballad Of A Runaway Horse

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[Intro]
B
[Verse 1]
B
Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away
E
She'll walk til she finds him her darling her stray
B
But the rivers in flood and the roads are awash
F# B
And the bridges break up in the panic of loss
[Verse 2]
B
And there's nothing to follow nowhere to go
E
He's gone like the summer gone like the snow
B
And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song
F# B
As the day caves in and the night is all wrong
[Verse 3]
B
Did she dream was it he who went galloping past
E
And bent down the fern broke open the grass
B
And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe
F# B
That she nailed to his feet in the dreams of her youth
[Verse 4]
B
And although he goes grazing a minute away
E
She tracks him all night she tracks him all day
B
And she's blind to his presence except to compare
F# B
Her injury here with his punishment there
[Bridge 1]
E
Then at home on a branch on a high stream
B
A Songbird sings out so suddenly
E
And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride
B F# B
On a willow tree by the riverside
[Verse 5]
B
All the world is sweet and the world is wide
E
He's there where the light and the darkness divide
B
And the steam's coming off him he's huge and he's shy
F# B
And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky
[Verse 6]
B
And he comes to her hand but he's not really tame
E
He longs to be lost she longs for the same
B
And he'll bolt and he'll plunge through the first open pass
F# B
To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass
[Verse 7]
B
Or he'll make a break for the high plateau
E
Where there's nothing above and nothing below
B
It's time for their burden the whip and the spur
F# B
Will she ride with him or will he ride with her
[Bridge 2]
E
So she binds herself to her galloping steed
B
And he binds himself to the woman in need
E
And there is no space just left and right
B F# B
And there is no time but there is day and night
[Verse 8]
B
And she leans on his neck and whispers low
E
Whither thou goest I will go
B
And they turn as one and they head for the plain
F# B
No need for the whip or no need for the rein
[Verse 9]
B
Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight
E
Who snaps it asunder the very next night
B
Some say it's him some say it's her
F# B
Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair
[Verse 10]
B
So my darling my darling just let it go by
E
That old silhouette on the great western sky
B
And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along
F# B
And they're gone like smoke and the're gone like this song
[Outro]
B
Say a prayer for the cowgirl

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[Intro]
B
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Bridge 1]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Verse 7]
[Bridge 2]
[Verse 8]
[Verse 9]
[Verse 10]
[Outro]

Ballad Of A Runaway Horse Chords by Emmylou Harris

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