A Horse Named Bill Chords by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman

Tempo:
146.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

A

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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A Horse Named Bill chords
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[G]
[C]
[G]
I had a horse and his name was Bill, [C] and when he ran he couldn't stand [G] still.
He ran away one day, [D] and also I [G] ran with him.
He ran so fast he could not stop.
[C] He ran into a barber shop, [G] fell exhaustionized with his eye teeth [D] in the barber's [G] left shoulder.
I had a gal and her name was Daisy.
[C] When she sang, the cat went crazy [G] with deliriums, st.
vitises, [D] and all kinds of [G] cataleptics.
One day she sang a song about [C] a man who turned himself inside out [G] and jumped into the river.
He was [D] so [G] very sleepy.
I'm going out in the woods next year, [C] shoot for beer and not for deer.
Well [G] I am, well I ain't.
[D] I'm a great [G] sharpshooter.
I shoot even birds, I am a beaut.
[C] There is no bird I cannot shoot.
[G] In the eye, in the ear, [D] in the teeth, [G] and in the fingers.
I went up in a balloon so big, [C] the people on earth looked like a pig, [G] like a mouse,
like a katydid, [D] like flieses, [G] and like fleases.
Balloon it turned up with its bottom side [C] high, fell on the wife of a country squire.
She [G] made a noise like a doghound, [D] like a steam whistle, and [G] like dynamite.
Oh what could you do in a case like that?
[C] What could you do but stamp on your hat, [G] or on your mother,
on your toothbrush, [D] and everything [G] that's helpless.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[A]
[Em]
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
A
1231
Em
121
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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Let's start jamming Jerry Garcia, David Grisman - A Horse Named Bill chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - G, D, G, C and G in sequence. For best results, commence at 73 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 146. With an eye on the song's key G Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I had a horse and his name was Bill, [C] and when he ran he couldn't stand [G] still.
He ran away _ one day, [D] and also I [G] ran with him.
_ _ _ _ _
He ran so fast he could not stop.
[C] He ran into a barber shop, [G] fell _ exhaustionized with his eye teeth [D] in the barber's [G] left shoulder. _
_ _ _ _ I had a gal and her name was Daisy.
[C] When she sang, the cat went crazy [G] with _ deliriums, st.
vitises, [D] and all kinds of [G] cataleptics. _
_ _ _ _ One day she sang a song about [C] a man who turned himself inside out [G] and jumped into the river.
_ He was [D] so [G] very sleepy. _
_ _ _ _ _
I'm going out in the woods next year, [C] shoot for beer and not for deer.
Well [G] I am, well I ain't.
[D] I'm a great _ _ [G] sharpshooter. _
_ _ _ _ I shoot even birds, I am a beaut.
[C] There is no bird I cannot shoot.
[G] In the eye, in the ear, [D] in the teeth, [G] and in the fingers.
_ _ _ _ _
I went up in a balloon so big, [C] the people on earth looked like a pig, [G] like a mouse,
like a katydid, [D] like flieses, [G] and like fleases.
_ _ _ _ _ _
Balloon it turned up with its bottom side [C] high, fell on the wife of a country squire.
She [G] made a noise like a doghound, [D] like a steam whistle, and [G] like dynamite.
_ _ _ _ _
Oh what could you do in a case like that?
[C] What could you do but stamp on your hat, [G] or on your mother,
on your toothbrush, [D] and everything [G] that's helpless. _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Not For Kids Only album.

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