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Key: Dm
β« Intro:
Dm
β« Verse 1:
Dm Bb
Born and raised in a motel in New Orleans
Dm Bb C
I ran away with a hobo and his gypsy friends
Dm Bb
We rode a freight train up to Cleveland, across the Utah plains
Dm Bb C
Proud men, troubadours torn and frayed
F Dm
Sleeping under the stars
F C
While gently strumming guitars
Bb
Played the songs of Woddy Guthrie
Bb
And the open road
C
I knew right then I could never go home
β« Chorus:
F C
'Cause the wild horse runs free forever
Bb F
Oh yeah, a wild horse runs free forever
Dm
And ever and ever
β« Verse 2:
Dm Bb
I met a girl from a family of position and wealth
Dm Bb C
What a hand this rambler had been finally dealt
F Dm
A beauty six years and 10
F C
I felt the walls closing in
Bb
Like a swollen river 'bout to overflow
C
Like a losing gambler, I kept on rolling
β« Chorus:
F C
And a wild horse runs free forever
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bb F
A wild horse runs free forever
C
The wild horse runs free forever
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bb F
A wild horse runs free forever
F
Play the guitar
Guitar β« Solo:
Dm Bb Dm Bb C
β« Bridge:
F Dm
So understand I must go
F C
I'll drink you one last toast
Bb
Oh, here's to the heart
Bb
And the hands of a man
C
That come with the dust
C
And are gone with the wind
β« Chorus:
F C
May the wild horse runs free forever
Bb F
Yeah, a wild horse runs free forever
C
The wild horse runs free forever
Bb F
Yeah, the wild horse run free forever
β« Outro:
F C
Wild guitar, baby, come on, wild
Bb F
I know, I know, I know, I know
F
Play it for me, come on
C Bb
Yeah, hit it. Yeah yeah.
F
Let me hear it, yeah
C
The wild horse run free
Song History
Published: June 11, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025