Horses
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Album: Middle (2025)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
10/1/2025

Capo 3 

Intro: Em C Em C Em C Em C

       Em                     C
All my flannels made in Bangladesh
       Em              C
All my t-shirts in Vietnam
          Em                      C
There are places that we quietly ignore
          G                     D
There are places that we go and bomb

           Em                         C
You know I thought an awful lot about Jesus
     Em             C
Even more about Lao Tzu
                 Em                   C
You say that the way of the Dao is to do nothing
              G                     D
Then what the hell am I supposed to do

 
Pre-Chorus:
             Am
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink
    C
The tighter you grip, the more that you slip

 
Chorus:
       G
So I'm singing this song about loving
        C                          G
All the people that you've come to hate
     C                             G
It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday
         Em                     Am
Why am I holding on to all this weight
           G
You know I really thought that thеre'd be power
            C                           G
In thinking half of y'all was just born fools
              C                     G
Thought I was gathering oats for my horses
      Em          Am        Em    C Em C
I was getting by, whipping my mules


There's a book I read I don't remember
There's a place I've been I've never seen
There's a note that I wrote that went up in smoke
There's some songs I don't ever sing

All the stars in the sky are burning
Most are burning unbeknownst to me
I wish I would've paid more attention
To the bigger things I didn't see

Pre-Chorus:
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink
The tighter you grip, the more that you slip

Chorus 

Bridge:
           D
I got some bricks so thick that they don't make sense
       C              G
In the walls up in my mind
    C                            G
But life is pretty short and the road's got forks
     Em                        Am
So I take 'em down while I got time

Pre-Chorus:
You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink
The tighter you grip, the more that you slip

Chorus