God Gave Me Horses chords by Leigh Nash

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC                              G+G

C majorC                              G+G
  He said I’ve been locked up fourteen months a misdemeanor charges
        G7G7                C majorC
I got clean in county jail, but the lonely is the hardest
                           G+G
As long as I’m on good behavior, they let me work these stables
G7G7                          C majorC
I‘ve never prayed a day in my life, but now I’m finally able


🎸 Chorus:
     A minorAm           FF       C majorC
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
A minorAm          FF       G+G
I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
 A minorAm          FF
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
    C majorC            FF
And the holes in my arms started healing
     C majorC          FF
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
  A minorAm      G+G    FF
The state gave me eighteen months
      C majorC
God gave me horses

G+G

🎸 Verse 2:
       C majorC                       G+G
He said it’s funny how here I thought I was taking care of them
                               C majorC
They know my voice comes when I call, yeah these are my best friends
                              G+G
Haven’t seen my father in seven years too ashamed of what I was
           G7G7         G+G         C majorC
When he visits me on Sundays now, he is proud to call me a son


🎸 Chorus:
     A minorAm           FF         C majorC
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
  A minorAm           FF       G+G
And I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
 A minorAm          FF
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
    C majorC            FF
And the holes in my arms started healing
     C majorC          FF       E minorEm
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
  A minorAm      G+G    FF
The state gave me eighteen months
      C majorC
God gave me horses

G+G

🎸 Verse 3:
FF                   G+G
I've driven by a million times, but I stop today
 FF                  G+G
I lean against that fence to clear my head
    FF                  G+G
Then a stranger in his prison blues handed me the reins
FF              G+G
Somehow
I felt freer when I left


🎸 Chorus:
     A minorAm           FF       C majorC
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
  A minorAm          FF       G+G
and I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
 A minorAm          FF
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
    C majorC            FF
And the holes in my arms started healing
     C majorC          FF
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
  A minorAm      G+G    FF
The state gave me eighteen months
      C majorC
God gave me horses

G+G
      C majorC
God gave me horses