Betreff: CRD: Ballad Of A Runaway Horse Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics Datum: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 04:49:47 GMT Von: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (rick) Foren: rec.music.artists.emmylou-harris, alt.guitar.tab Emmylou Harris Ballad Of A Runaway Horse written by Leonard Cohen David Hoffner keyboards Richard Bennett mandocello Kathy Chiavola harmony B Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away E She'll walk til she finds him her darling her stray B But the rivers in flood and the roads are awash F# B And the bridges break up in the panic of loss B And there's nothing to follow nowhere to go E He's gone like the summer gone like the snow B And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song F# B As the day caves in and the night is all wrong B Did she dream was it he who went galloping past E And bent down the fern broke open the grass B And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe F# B That she nailed to his speed in the dreams of her youth B And although he goes grazing a minute away E She tracks him all night she tracks him all day B And she's blind to his presence except to compare F# B Her injury here with his punishment there E Then at home on a branch on a high stream B A Songbird sings out so suddenly E And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride B F# B On a willow tree by the riverside B All the world is sweet and the world is wide E He's there where the light and the darkness divide B And the steam's coming off him he's huge and he's shy F# B And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky B And he comes to her hand but he's not really tame E He longs to be lost she longs for the same B And he'll bolt and he'll plunge through the first open pass F# B To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass B Or he'll make a break for the high plateau E Where there's nothing above and nothing below B It's time for their burden the whip and the spur F# B Will she ride with him or will he ride with her E So she binds herself to her galloping steed B And he binds himself to the woman in need E And there is no space just left and right B F# B And there is no time but there is day and night B And she leans on his neck and whispers low E Whither thou goest I will go B And they turn as one and they head for the plain F# B No need for the whip or no need for the rein B Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight E Who snaps it asunder the very next night B Some say it's him some say it's her F# B Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair B So my darling my darling just let it go by E That old silhouette on the great western sky B And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along F# B And they're gone like smoke and the're gone like this song B Say a prayer for the cowgirl Asylum Records 1993 From Emmylou Harris "Cowgirl's Prayer" Leonard Cohen Stranger Music