Dead Horse chords by Esha Tewari

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:

E F# A7

Verse 1:
E                F#  G#
you were once an angel
E             F#      A7
destined for greatness
E                   F#   G#
you were something special
E            F#    A7
hardly ever tainted

E                          F#  G#
the sky knew when you were blue
E                     F# A7
and the shone like it too
E                                      F# G#
you were loved the same as the man up high
E                       F#
you were everything and i
 A7
i tried
     E
to hold it close
F#             G#
in-between my fingers
E
and i know

Chorus:
        B7          A7
i can't beat a dead horse
    B7                A7
it wont make you feel remorse
        B7          A7
and i cant know what you meant
           B7                  A7
but i can wait here for you to repent

Verse 2:
E
but if
F#    G#
you do
E
what do i say?
   F# A7
i knew
E                                        F# G#
'cause when you speak to me in hallucinations
E                                   F# A7
you tell me things i thought were sacred
E
and i know


Chorus:
        B7          A7
i can't beat a dead horse
    B7            A7
can't erase you with blunt force
        B7          A7
i can't beat a dead horse
           B7                  A7
i can't tell this story anymore

Bridge:
                  B7       A7
and now that your body is cleared
                B7           A7
and you've washed away your sins
                    B7
and god, it must be nice
            A7
it must be nice
         B7                           A7
it only takes a few words for you to come down
F#
for you to come down
E
for you to come down

Outro:
E            F# A7
you were an angel
E               F# A7
destined for the end
E
and i don't believe in god
F#                    A7
i don't believe in anything
E
but i believed you
    F#      G# A7
my exception