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Three Horses by Joan Baez
Three Horses
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
Chords for the intro, 6th & 7th lines verses and instrumental sections
[Chords]
A6 = xx7675 F#m = x44222 D = xx0232 A/C# = x4222x A6 = x02222 A = x02220
A6 = xx7675 F#m = x44222 D = xx0232 A/C# = x4222x A6= x02222 A = x02220 C#m = xx2120
[Intro]
E
A6 F#m D A/C# A6 A
A6 F#m/C# D A/C# A6 A C#m/E
[Verse 1]
F#m A
In the early dawn a stallion white
F#m A
Prances the hills in the morning light.
D A D A
His bridle is painted with thunder and gold,
D A D A
Orchids and dragons, pale knights of old.
G G Bm A
He is the horse of the ages p - ast.
A6 F#m D A
And now the children run to see the stallion on the hill,
A6 F#m D A
Bringing bags of apples and of clover they have filled.
D A
And the white horse tells his stories
D A
Of the days now past and gone
D A
And the children stand a-wondering
D A
Believing every song.
G Bm A
How brightly glows the p-ast.
[Instrumental]
A6 F#m/C# D A/C# A6 A C#m/E
[Verse 2]
F#m A
When the sun is high comes a mare so red,
F#m A
A'trampling the graves of the living and dead.
D A D A
Her mantle is heavy with mirrors and glass,
D A D A
All is reflected when the red mare does pass.
G Bm A
She is the horse of the here and n - ow.
A6 F#m D A
And now there is confusion 'mongst the children on the hill.
A6 F#m D A
They cling to one a-nother and no longer can be still.
D A
While the red mare’s voice is trembling
D A
With a rare and mighty call,
D A
The children start re-membering
D A
The bearers and the pall.
D A
And though their many-colored sweaters
D A
Are re-flected in the glass,
D A
And though the sun shines down upon them,
D A
They are frightened in the grass.
G Bm A
How stark is the here and n - ow.
[Instrumental]
A6 F#m/C# D A/C# A6 A C#m/E
[Verse 3]
F#m A
When night does fall comes a stallion black,
F#m A
so proud and tall he never looks back.
D A D A
He wears him no emeralds, silver or gold,
D A D A
not even a covering to keep him from cold.
G Bm A
He is the horse of the years to c - ome.
A6 F#m D A
And I will get me down before this steed upon my knees
A6 F#m D A
And sing to him the sorrows of a thousand centuries.
D A
And the children now will scatter
D A
as their mothers call them home,
D A
for the sadness of the evening horse
D A
No child has ever known.
D A
And I will hang about him
D A
a bell that’s never rung
D A
and thank him for the many words
D A
which from his throat have never sprung.
D A
And I’ll thank God and all the angels
D A
That the stallion of the evening,
D A
The black horse of the future,
G Bm A
comes to earth but has no to-ngue.
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