Heavy horses

INTRO

CAPO 3 FD T

Bm
Em        C
D            G
Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust
      C
D           Dsus4
G

An October's day, towards evening
Em
C
D            G

Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough

  C       D
Dsus4  G

Salt on a deep chest seasoning

Em        C
D            G

Last of the line at an honest day's toil

C       D
Dsus4  G

Turning the deep sod  under

Em        C
D            G

Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone

C       D

Dsus4  G

Flies at the nostrils plunder.

      C
D
G           C

The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie

           Am
D      Dsus4  Em

  with the Shire on his feathers floating

 C
D     G
C

Hauling soft timber into the dusk

    C       D
Dsus4  G

  to bed on a warm straw coating.

F#7  Bm    G Bm
G            A

Heavy Horses, move the land under me

F#7  Bm
G Bm
G           A

  Behind the plough gliding --- slipping and sliding free

F#7         G
D

Now you're down to the few


Bb          F

And there's no work to do

          C
Em        D  Bm

• A
• Am
• Bb
• Bm
• C
• D
• Dsus4
• Em
• F
• F#7
• G