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All the Pretty Little Horses

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Strophe 1:

C#m F#m

 e-----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-------5-----5---------5-----5-------------10-------10-----|
 G-----6---6-----6-----6---6-----6--------11----11-------11--|
 D---6-------6-------6-------6---------11----------11--------|
 A-4---------------4---------------4/9-----------------------|
 E-----------------------------------------------------------|

hush-a-bye don't You cry

E C#m [same tempo as above]

 e------------------------------------------------|
 B----------9--------9--------------5--------5----|
 G-------9-----9--------9--------6-----6--------6-|
 D----9-----------9-----------6-----------6-------|
 A-7-----------------------4----------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------|

go to sleepy little baby

B C#m [same tempo as above]

 e------------------------------------------------|
 B----------4--------4--------------5--------5----|
 G-------4-----4--------4--------6-----6--------6-|
 D----4-----------4-----------6-----------6-------|
 A-2-----------------------4----------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------|

go to sleepy little baby...

Bridge:

E C#m [same tempo as above]

 e--------------------------------------------------------|
 B------------------9--------9--------------5--------5----|
 G---------------9-----9--------9--------6-----6--------6-|
 D------------9-----------9-----------6-----------6-------|
 A-4-2-4-6-7-----------------------4----------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------|

blacks and bays dapples and greys

B C#m [same tempo as above]

 e------------------------------------------------|
 B----------4--------4--------------5--------5----|
 G-------4-----4--------4--------6-----6--------6-|
 D----4-----------4-----------6-----------6-------|
 A-2-----------------------4----------------------|
 E------------------------------------------------|

all the pretty little horsies...

Plan of the song:

Intro:

C#m F#m E D#m C#m

C#m F#m E C#m

Strophe 1:

C#m

hush-a-bye

F#m

don't You cry

E C#m

go to sleepy little baby

B C#m

go to sleepy little baby

when You wake

F#m

you shall have

E C#m

all the pretty little horsies

B C#m

all the pretty little horsies

Bridge:

E

blacks and bays

C#m

dapples and greys

B C#m

all the pretty little horsies

Strophe 2 (same as Strophe 1):

way down yonder in the meadow lies a poor little lamby

bees and butterflies flitting round his eyes

poor little thing is crying "Mammy"

[Middle piece:] C#m F#m E D#m C#m

[Strophe 3] (same as Strophe 1 and 2):

go to sleep

don't you cry

rest your head upon the clover

rest your head upon the clover

in your dreams

you shall ride

while your Mammy's watching over

Bridge (E C#m B C#m B C#m).

Final chord: B.

(As variation You can use logical final chord: C#m)

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aleister, Irkutsk, Russia

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