God Gave Me Horses chords by Leigh Nash

• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Verse 1:
C                              G

C                              G
  He said I’ve been locked up fourteen months a misdemeanor charges
        G7                C
I got clean in county jail, but the lonely is the hardest
                           G
As long as I’m on good behavior, they let me work these stables
G7                          C
I‘ve never prayed a day in my life, but now I’m finally able



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

G


🎸 Verse 2:
       C                       G
He said it’s funny how here I thought I was taking care of them
                               C
They know my voice comes when I call, yeah these are my best friends
                              G
Haven’t seen my father in seven years too ashamed of what I was
           G7         G         C
When he visits me on Sundays now, he is proud to call me a son


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

G


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


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

G
      C
God gave me horses