Pretty Horses Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays376

Pretty Horses by Dwight Yoakam is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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Tuning: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb   

One two, One two three four. 
  
Intro: G D Am C G   

G      D     Am                  C    G   
Pretty horses are what I have to ride   
G      D       Am                 C    G   
Lonely memories are where I go to hide   
G     D         Am              C    
Empty pages are all I choose to write   
          G    D      C   
About our love__, our love   
          G    D      C    G    
About our love__, our love   

G      D           Am             C    G   
Broken windows are what I look through   
G      D                   Am              C   G   
Softly searching for small signs of me and you   
G      D                  Am                 C   
Gently thinking of what's left that we could do   
          G    D      C   
About our love__, our love   
          G    D      Am   C            D    N.C.    
About our love__, our love__, about our love   

Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante