Fast Horses Chords

FAST HORSES
As recorded by the Violent Femmes
(From the 2015 EP HAPPY NEW YEAR)
 
 
[Intro]
G
 
[Verse 1]
G                      C          G
There’s something that I, I can’t say
Am                                Am7 N.C. G
Something that guys don’t like to hear  anyway
     Em
It’s not that I don’t love you
    C             G
And it’s not that I can’t cry
         Em                           C                              G     N.C.
‘Cause I wanna cry, I love you when I think that everything and everyone I love will die
 
[Chorus]
C    G
Fast horses
C                 G
Racing around the track
             Em        D
Although the course is slow
                    C
Win, place, or show
N.C.                    G Em G
Everything in life must go
 
[Verse 2]
G                      C            G
There’s something John Lennon never wrote
Am                                    N.C.           G
Tell me what you hear when you listen closely to the notes
Em                              C                                  G
He never sang a beautiful song, not like Frank or what’s his name, Elton John
     Em              C                    G
Some crazy Christian killed him, the poor bloke
N.C.
But he was running with some..
 
[Chorus]
C    G
Fast horses
C                 G
Racing around the track
             Em        D
Although the course is slow
                    C
Win, place, or show
N.C.                    G
Everything in life must go
 
[Bridge]
Em         C
Stand, stand, stand up for me
Em                                D                   G
‘Cause I will stand, I will stand up up up up up for you
 
[Guitar Solo]
C  G  Am   G
 
[Verse 3]
G                           C                            G
There’s something I think I lost and I might need to recover
      Am                                N.C.         G
There’s nothing that stand-up guys won’t do for each other
     Em
They tore down the bar, and I totalled the car
        C                 G
You can have a drink to futility
              C                            G            D N.C.
You’re not as bad as you think and you are beautiful to me
 
[Chorus]
                    C    G
And you can be like fast horses
C                                 G
Racing, ripping, running down the track
               Em        D
Of course, the course is slow
                    C
Win, place, or show
N.C.                  G
Even the loser should know
 
[Chorus]
              C          G
That he was a fast, fast horse
           C                                       G
And he was racing, wrecking, and raggin’ round the track
               Em        D
Of course, the course is slow
                    C
Win, place, or show
N.C.                    G C G
Everything in life must go
C                       G
Everything in life must go
C                       G
Everything in life must go
C                       G
Everything in life must go
C                       G
Everything in life must go
 
[Outro]
C    G
Fast horses
C    G
Fast horses
C    G
Fast horses
C    G
Fast horses
C    G N.C.
Fast horses
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