Chords for Cliff Nobles: The Vocal Version of 'The Horse' Story (1968)

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[G] WCOS Internet [C] Radio. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Greetings everyone.
[N] I'm the Chancellor of Soul Mike Boone from WCOS Internet Radio.
And today I'm going to feature a rare vocal [Cm] version of a million-selling instrumental hit
released during the summer of [Bb] 1968.
[G] Recorded by a gentleman from Norristown, Pennsylvania,
and spark a national [Cm] dance craze.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to [Bb] you Cliff Nobles and company, [D] The Horse.
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Legendary songwriter, producer Jesse James took Cliff Nobles into Frank Virtue Studios
[N] located on North Broad Street in Philadelphia to record a song he wrote called [A] Love Is Alright.
Now [A] after the session was over, producer Barbie Martin and Virtue had asked James about [G] a B-side.
Now of course you know it would be very costly to [Eb] record another [C] song.
So James has said, look, I don't care what you use.
Take the instrumental track and use it as the B [G]-side.
Now of course, the B-side didn't have a name.
So Martin and Virtue had tried to come up with a few names
and finally had Christian it after a former popular dance called The Horse. _
Now The Horse was originally a dance that was created in Chicago in 1960.
[E] But was revived in early 1968 by recording from a [Bb] group in New York City called [D] The Preparations
entitled Giddy Up [G] on the Heart and Soul label produced [C] by Miss Kathy Lynn.
Now, fortunately, Love Is [Bb] Alright has sank without a trace.
[E] But his flip side, The Horse, [Gm] became popular when a [Ab] DJ from Tampa, Florida,
played the B-side [Cm] accidentally and also began singing on the [Bbm] song.
When the listeners [D] told him to be quiet and let the music play,
called the company and told them that they had a hit on their hands. _ _
[G] Now The Horse became the A-side.
[Eb] Love Is Alright became the B-side.
Sold [C] two million copies and restarted a nationwide [A] dance craze.
_ Now, everyone knows that Love Is Alright is the only known vocal version to The Horse.
[C] You know, that the record by a public known, you know.
But until now, a lot of [G] people did not know that Cliff Nobles went back into the studio
and recorded a rare vocal version of The Horse, instructing how the dance should go
since the dance had [C] became so popular.
Now, for your listening pleasure, here's Cliff Nobles and company's rare vocal version.
[G] The world-renowned 1968 classic [E] hit, The Horse.
Enjoy, everyone.
[B] It's _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] alright.
_ [Dm] _ [Cm] It's alright.
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] It's [Gm] alright.
Yeah, yeah.
[Bb] Florida,
Dallas,
Tampa,
The Horse,
[Gm] Stockholm,
Red Cross,
[Gm] country,
[Bb] until it [Gm] hit LA.
[Bb] _ [Gm] I was doing [Bb] it.
The fast,
[Gm] make you feel
[Bb] easy.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] It's thick and thick.
[Dm] I say The Horse,
[Cm] _ [Gm] it's alright.
[G] Yeah, [Bb] yeah.
To the left,
_ [Gm] to the right.
[Bb] If you [Gm] got there,
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] it's out of sight.
[Bb] _ If you're fine,
you [Gm] wanna dance. Hey, _ everybody,
_ [Bb] we'll make you dance.
[Dm] I say The Horse,
[Cm] yeah, it's [Gm] alright.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah.
It's alright.
Down in Mobile,
[Bbm] _ _ Cincinnati,
Sonoma,
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] to the [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] left,
[Bb] _ [Gm] to the right.
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] I met [Bb] her.
[Gm] It's out of sight.
[Bb] _ [Gm] If you're fine,
[Bb] you [Gm] wanna dance.
[Bb] _ Hey, everybody,
we'll [Gm] make you dance.
[Dm] I say The Horse,
[Cm] yeah, [Gm] it's alright.
Yeah, yeah.
[Bb] It's alright.
Down in Mobile,
alright.
[Gm] Good night out. _
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