Another Horsedreamers Blues
View chords used in this chart
Intro:
Wurlitzer arranged for guitar: (Play this three times)
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|--------------------------------10---------|
|--10--9--------9------------10------10--9--|
|--0---0-----0-----10-----0--------------0--|
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-------------------8-----6--6--6-----8--8--8--|
------10--9-----9--------7--7--7-----9--9--9--|
---0--0------0--------0-----------0-----------|
0---------------------------------------------|
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Guitar 1, enters after first repeat of the wurlitzer, played twice:
|-----------5-----------------------------|
|--------------6--------------------------|
|--7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7--|
|-----0--------------------0-----7--------|
|-----------------------------------5-----|
|-----------------------------------------|
---------5--------------------8--------|
------------6--------------------8-----|
7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------9--|
---0--------------------0--------------|
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Guitar 2, entering at the same time, played w/ slide
|----------|--5----------|------15~~~--15--|------15~~~--|
|--5/10\/--|-----5/10\/--|--15-------------|--15---------|
|----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
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Verse: (chords played by wurlitzer and bass)
Dm C Dm C
Margery's dreaming of the middle of the day
Dm C
Tiyuri to win
Bb C
Perfect Dozen to place
Fill 1 Fill 2
|------15~~~-----|-|------------------------------|
|--15------------|-|------------------------------|
|----------------|-|------------------------------| guitar 1 plays
|----------------|-|--------8-------------10------| these where
|----------------|-|--8/10-----10--10/12------12--| marked
|----------------|-|------------------------------|
* (fill 1)
money is the matter that's been on her mind
* (fill 2)
time ticks by her one race at a a time
Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords, guitar 2 plays the part below:
Bb C F Dm Bb C
|--6--3-----0--------|--1--------------|--------1--0--------|
|--------3-----1-----|-----3-----------|-----3--------1-----|
|-----------------0--|--------2-----2--|--3--------------0--|
|--------------------|-----------3-----|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Bb
----6-----8--------|--10--------8--------|
-------6-----6-----|------6--------6-----|
/7--------------7--|---------7--------7--|
-------------------|---------------------|
-------------------|---------------------|
-------------------|---------------------|
Bb C
She's tryin' to be a good girl
F Dm
And give 'em what they want
Bb C Bb
But Margery's dreaming of horses
Lookin' at a green sky
Sun like a red eye
Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by
* (fill 3)
She's tired and lonely
Scared and depressed
Her visions of one day go racing the next
|----------|--5----------6--------8---------|
|--5/10\/--|-----5/10\/-----8--------10-----|
|----------|-------------------7---------9--| Fill 3,
|----------|--------------------------------| guitar 2 (w slide)
|----------|--------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------------|
She's tryin' to be a good girl
And give 'em what they want
But Margery's dreaming of horses
Bridge:
Am Bb Am Gm Am Am
|--5--|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|--5--|
|--5--|-----------1--------|-----------1--------|--5--|
|--5--|--------3--2--------|-----------2--------|--5--| Gtr 1
|--7--|-----3-----2--------|--------5--2--------|--7--|
|--0--|--1-----------------|-----5--------------|--0--|
|-----|--------------------|--3-----------------|-----|
| | | | |
| | | | |
|--5--|--6--6-----5--5-----|--6--6-----5--5-----|--5--|
|--5--|--3--3-----5--5-----|--8--8-----5--5-----|--5--|
|--5--|--3--3-----5--5-----|--7--7-----5--5-----|--5--| Gtr 2
|--7--|--------------------|--------------------|--7--| w/ wah
|--0--|--------------------|--------------------|--0--|
|-----|--------------------|--------------------|-----|
Am Bb Am Gm Am
Margie doesn't say anything all the way home
Am
So afraid she'll awake to find she's all alone
Gm Am Bb C
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------1--|--------3--------1--|
|--------3-----2-----|-----3--------2-----| Both guitars repeat
|-----5--------------|--------------------| this, and continue
|-----------0--------|--1--------3--------| over organ solo
|--3-----------------|--------------------|
The wurlitzer plays this, with slight variation, 8 times:
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-----10--10--9--| Wurlitzer figure 1
|--0--0---0---0--|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--------5-----------|
|-----6-----6--------|
|--7-----------7-----| Guitar 1 plays this 4 times, starting on
|-----------------0--| the fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----10--|----13--|----15--|
|----x----|---x----|---x----|
|---x-----|--x-----|--x-----| Guitar 2 plays this, with a lot of
|--x------|--------|--------| distortion and wah, starting on the
|---------|--------|--------| fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part
|---------|--------|--------|
Verse:
Margery's wingspan's all feathers and coke cans, and
TV dinners and letters she won't send, and
* (fill 1)
Every race night is shot through with sunlight
* (fill 4)
Trying to hit the big one one last time tonight for...
|---------|--8--------8/10--|
|-----10--|-----8-----------|
|/10------|--------9--------| Fill 4, played by guitar 2
|---------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|
Bb C Bb C
Drunken fathers and stupid mothers and
Bb C Gm Am
Boys who can't tell one girl from another
|--6--6-----8--8--|--3--3-----5--5----|-------|
|--3--3-----5--5--|--3--3-----5--5----|-------|
|--3--3-----5--5--|--3--3-----5--5----|-------| Guitar 1
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
| | | |
|-----------5~~~--|-----5-----8--5--8/|10~~~--|
|-----------5~~~--|-/6-----6----------|-------|
|-----------5~~~--|-------------------|-------| Guitar 2 w/ slide
|-----------5~~~--|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This measure repeated 3 times
(with Wurlitzer figure 1, 4 times)
So she takes her pills
Careful and round
* (fill 3, second measure only)
One of these days she's gonna
throw the whole bottle down
But she's trying to be a good girl
And give 'em what they want
But Margery's dreaming of...
Trying to be a good girl
And give 'em what they want
But Margery's dreaming of horses
Wurlitzer and Guitar 1 play the intro again
|-----10~~--|
|----x------|
|---x-------| Guitar 2 plays this, and then is tacet
|--x--------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
Finish with another organ solo, with both guitars playing the same
Gm Am Bb C progression they did the first time
How to play Another Horsedreamers Blues
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Dm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.