Plastic Horses chords by Colby Acuff

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: E

♫ Intro:

E7   A7


♫ Verse 1:
             E7
Well, he was sittin' on the sidewalk
          A7
Christmas Eve
                                E7
All by himself with a brown bag drink
                         A7
Oh, and a pocketful of plastic horses
  E7                                        A7
I sat down next him, it was the luck of the draw
                                  E7
It was snowing like hell, talkin' cats and dogs
                         A7
That's when I saw them plastic horses
  E7
I said, Hey man, what's the deal on that
              A7
He said, I'll tell ya for a cigarette
E7                            A7
And soon as that Marlboro was lit

♫ Chorus:
                       E7          A7
He said I got a little girl in Carolina
    E7                           A7
She gave these plastic horses to me
        E7                     A7
But her mama says that I can't see her
  E7                            A7
Until I'm off these damn amphetamines
                     E7
And it's been a long time
                    A7
Since I've seen her smile
                    E7
She thinks I'm long gone
                      B7
But I'm still holdin' on
           E7     A7   E7   A7
To plastic horses


♫ Verse 2:
              E7                         A7
Said I'd been carrying these toys for 20 years
                                             E7
And I can still see her face through all the tears
                                  A7
But she couldn't pick me out of a crowd
          E7
Oh, and I got some demons that I just can't beat
       A7                              E7
That's why I'm out here on this street
                           A7
Can't be the man I need to be


♫ Chorus:
                       E7          A7
He said I got a little girl in Carolina
    E7                           A7
She gave these plastic horses to me
        E7                     A7
But her mama says that I can't see her
  E7                            A7
Until I'm off these damn amphetamines
                     E7
And it's been a long time
                    A7
Since I've seen her smile
                    E7
She thinks I'm long gone
                      B7
But I'm still holdin' on
           E7     A7   E7   A7
To plastic horses


♫ Verse 3:
E7
Last thing that he said to me
    A7
Was he was fixin' to get clean
E7                              A7
In time for his daughter's birthday
E7
One week later when I woke up
    A7
And I filled up my coffee cup
E7                        A7
I opened the paper to the page


♫ Chorus:
                  E7           A7
It read there's a man found in Georgia
       E7                  A7
On the sidewalk New Year's Eve
         E7                   A7
He had a pocketful of plastic horses
      E7                             A7
And a picture of his daughter up his sleeve
                  E7
And every now and then
         A7
I think about him
                     E7
And I know he's long gone
                      B7
But I'm still holdin' on
           E7
To plastic horses


♫ Outro:
A7   E7   A7