Horse Overboard

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Year: 1985
Album: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs

INTRO
 
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Fm7 
 
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VERSE 1
 
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While I was a
Cmaj7 
way at sea
 
With  
G7sus2 
boilers, cargo and  
Cmaj7 
gin
Fadd9/G 
My wife still  
Cmaj7 
lived 
 
alone
 
In a  
G7sus2 
cottage by the  
Cmaj7 
lake
Fadd9/G 
Each night I  
Cmaj7 
kissed her face
G7sus2 
In the photo
Cmaj7 
graph
Fadd9/G 
But I dreamed of a  
Cmaj7 
happy 
 
day
 
When  
G7sus2 
I’d be moving  
A 
back
CHORUS 1
 
C 
Can we  
Gm7 
sleep 
 
alone?
Ab/A# 
We can’t sleep alone
C 
One horse  
Gm7 
overboard
Ab/A# 
We do what we want
VERSE 2
 
Fadd9/G 
When she was just  
Cmaj7 
six years old
 
Her  
G7sus2 
daddy found her a  
Cmaj7 
horse
Fadd9/G 
First she was a  
Cmaj7 
stable 
 
girl
G7sus2 
Then a teacher of  
Cmaj7 
youth
 
Bm 
Came 
 
 
D 
the 
 
 
G6 
day
D 
I 
 
 
D7 
came 
 
 
G6 
home
E 
 
G 
We moved into the  
A7sus4 
city
G 
Both of us over  
A7sus4 
sixteen
CHORUS 1
 
C 
Can we  
Gm7 
sleep 
 
alone?
Ab/A# 
We can’t sleep alone
C 
One horse  
Gm7 
overboard
Ab/A# 
We do what we want
VERSE 3
 
Fadd9/G 
It struck me a
Cmaj7 
bout this time
 
That  
G7sus2 
I just didn’t  
Cmaj7 
care (So I said)
Fadd9/G 
Get me to a
Cmaj7 
nother 
 
land
G7sus2 
I don’t want my  
Cmaj7 
wife
INTERLUDE
 
Dmaj7 
 
E 
 
Dmaj7 
 
Amaj7 
 
Cmaj7 
 
Fmaj7 
 
Fadd9/G 
 
Fmaj7 
 
Fadd9/G 
CHORUS 2
 
C 
Can we  
Gm7 
sleep 
 
alone?
Ab/A# 
My wife is a horse
C 
Poor old  
Gm7 
sailor 
 
boy
Ab/A# 
Beached 
 
forevermo
C 
re
Gm7 
Forever
Ab/A# 
more
 
Forever
C 
more 
 
 
Gm7 
 
Forever
Ab/A# 
more
 
Forever
C 
more
Gm7 
Ever and ever and  
Ab/A# 
ever and ever and ever
FADE
 
Am7 
 
Fadd9/G 
 
C 
 
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D 
 
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C 
 
Dsus4 
 
D