Key: C Intro: Em Am C Verse 1: C Am I have run on middle fingernail through Eolithic mornings F G And I've thundered down the coach roads with revolution's warning C Am I have carried countless errant knights who never found the Grail F G I have strained before the caissons, I've moved the nation's mail C Am I've made knights of lowly tribesmen, kings from ranks of peons F G I've given pride and arrogance to riding men for eons C Am I've grazed among the lodges, teepees and the yurts F G G7 I've felt the sting of driving whips, lashes, spurs and quirts
Chorus: C Am I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly Em G I'm a nightmare gone wild I am C Am Gallant and exalted- stately and noble Em G I'm awesome- I am grand I am Am The Horse Equus Caballus Verse 2: C Am I have suffered gross indignities from users and winners F G I've felt the touch of kindness from losers and sinners C Am I have given for the cruel hand, I've given for the kind F G Heaved a sigh at Appomattox when surrender had been signed C Am I can be as tough as hardened steel- fragile as a flower F G I know not my endurance I know not my own power C Am I have died with heart exploded beneath the cheering stands F G G7 Calmly stood below the hanging noose of vigilante bands Chorus: C Am I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly Em G I'm a nightmare gone wild- I am C Am Gallant and exalted- stately and noble Em G I'm awesome- I am grand- I am Am The Horse Equus Caballus Solo: C Am Em G C Am Em G Am Verse 3: C Am So I'll run on middle fingernail until the curtain closes F G I'll win for you your triple crown I'll wear for you your roses C Am Towards you who took my freedom I've no malice or remorse F G I'll endure I'll last forever I am Am The Horse Equus Caballus Outro: C Am Em G Wa-hooooooooo - ooooooh ooooooh C Am Em G Wa-hooooooooo - ooooooh ooooooh C Am Em G Wa-hooooooooo - ooooooh ooooooh Fade out or end with C Chord: