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Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones
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00:00 Song Demo (no capo)
01:30 Lesson Intro
02:11 Chords
04:53 Strumming Pattern (verse)
07:10 Strumming Pattern (chorus)
08:54 Adding accents
10:18 Expressive strumming!
10:50 Practice switching strumming patterns...
12:17 Bridge strum
13:01 Strumming over two chords (verse)
15:24 Strumming over two chords (chorus)
17:20 Strumming over two chords (bridge)
18:27 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

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[INTRO]

|G   |Am  |G   |Am  |G   |  

 

 

[VERSE 1]

Bm           G    Bm            G

  Childhood living   is easy to do

Am                   C      D   G                   D   C

  The things that you wanted    I bought them for you

Bm           G   Bm               G

  Graceless lady   you know who I am

Am                  C    D   G                  D

  You know I can't let you    slide through my hands

 

 

[CHORUS]

Am    C      D   G           F       C   C/B

  Wild horses    couldn't drag me away

Am   C         D   G        F       C

  Wild, wild horses  couldn't drag me away

 

 

[VERSE 2]

Bm               G     Bm               G

  I watched you suffer   a dull aching pain

Am              C    D   G                D  C

  Now you've decided,      to show me the same

Bm           G    Bm            G

  No sweeping exit  or offstage lines

Am                 C      D   G                D

  Could make me feel bitter    or treat you unkind

 

 

[CHORUS]

Am    C      D   G           F       C   C/B

  Wild horses    couldn't drag me away

Am   C         D   G        F       C

  Wild, wild horses  couldn't drag me away

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

|F   |C  |F   |C D |

|G   |G   |

 

 

[VERSE 3]

Bm            G      Bm             G

  I know I dreamed you  a sin and a lie

Am            C    D   G                       D   C

  I have my freedom     but I don't have much time

Bm              G       Bm                G

  Faith has been broken,  tears must be cried

Am            C       D   G         D

  Let's do some living,    after we die

 

 

[CHORUS]

Am    C      D   G           F       C   C/B

  Wild horses    couldn't drag me away

Am      C         D   G       F            C

  Wild wild horses,    we'll ride them someday

 

 

[INTERLUDE]

|Bm  |G  |Bm  |G   |

|Am  |C D |G  |D   |

 

 

[CHORUS]

Am    C      D   G           F       C   C/B

  Wild horses    couldn't drag me away

Am      C         D   G       F            C

  Wild wild horses,    we'll ride them someday