Chords for Susan Boyle sings Wild Horses on America's Got Talent 2009
Tempo:
112.9 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
E
Db
Cm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [D]
[E] [Ab] [N]
Back to America's Got Talent, the finale.
We are just a few moments away from finding out
who you have chosen as your winner.
First, a singer whose voice took the whole world by storm
just a few short months ago.
She was launched on an extraordinary journey
to take her to unprecedented global fame overnight.
With the world premiere of her song, Wild Horses,
she's singing in America for the very first time for us.
She is Susan Boyle.
[C] [E] [B]
[E] I was to begin with [A] very lost and very lonely.
[E] What's your name, darling?
My name is [Abm] Susan Boyle.
What's the dream?
[E] [A] I'm trying to be a professional singer.
[Gbm] And why hasn't it worked out [Abm] so far, Susan?
[E] [A] I've never been given the chance before,
but here's hoping it'll change.
[B] ♪ I dreamed a dream [Dbm] in time gone by [B] ♪
[A] [E] [B]
[E] After mum [A] died in 2007, [E] when loneliness really set in,
[Abm] I used to find myself crying a lot.
I used [A] to find myself not being able to manage,
not being able to cope.
[Gbm] And I know that she meant me to [Abm] do something with my life.
♪ [Bb] Hey, hey, hey,
[Gb] [Gbm] [Abm]
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Even [A] that moment, everything's changed.
[B]
Star is [E] born.
There may not be anybody alive today
who hasn't [Em] heard [Dbm] of Susan Boyle.
Overnight, it's become a worldwide internet sensation.
People, hello!
[Gb] Incredible story.
With no pressure, [Am] then having all this pressure on top of it,
[Dm] I found it a bit suffocating.
♪ I've been dreaming [F] my life [Bb]
is a dream ♪
The [F] winner of [Db] Britain's Got Talent [B] 2009.
I don't remember much about it after the final.
[Cm] Diversity!
All I remember is,
[Bb] they put an ambulance [Eb] and take it to this [Cm]
clinic.
[Bb] I never felt [D] so tired.
[Eb] I look back and now it wasn't necessary
because I was tired.
[F] I don't know what was wrong with me, though.
[G] I used to be a kind of spectator,
looking outward at the world,
[C] but now I'm part of [G] that world
and although [Bm] frightening, I embrace [G] it
[C] because I feel a bit more confident within myself now.
More able [Am] to cope, more able to take part [Bm] in the dream.
[C] I'm ready to get there and get on with it now.
I'm not gonna be frightened to be last if I was to [D] be in.
[Bb] One voice, one [C] incredible story.
One [D] woman who inspired the world
and never [G] gave up on their dreams.
Ladies and [N] gentlemen, Susan Boyle.
[Cm]
♪ Try to [Ab] move me away ♪
[Cm]
♪ It's easy [Ab] to do
[Bbm] the things that [Db] you wanted ♪
[Ab]
♪ Well, I bought them for you, [Eb] [Cm]
graceless [Ab] lady ♪
[Cm] ♪ You know who I [Ab] am,
[Bbm]
you know I [Db] can't let you ♪
[Ab]
♪ Just slide through my [Eb] hands ♪
[Bbm] ♪ What [Db] was [Dbm] that, [Ab]
couldn't drag me away [Eb]
[Bbm] ♪
♪ What [Db] was that,
[Ab]
couldn't drag me away [Eb]
[Cm]
♪
♪ I watched [Ab] you suffer, [Cm]
a dull aching [Ab] pain ♪
[Bbm] ♪ Now [Db] you've decided
[Ab] to show me the [F] same [Eb] ♪
[Cm]
♪ No sweeping [Ab] exits
[C] [Cm] or hostage [Ab] lines ♪
[Bbm] ♪ Make me [Db] feel better,
[Ab]
I'll treat you
[Eb]
[Bbm] unkindly ♪
[Db]
♪ [Ab]
Couldn't drag me away, [F]
[Eb] [Bbm]
what was [Db] that,
[Ab] couldn't drag me away [F]
[Eb]
[Db] ♪
[N]
♪ What was that, couldn't drag me away ♪
♪ I watched you suffer, a dull aching pain ♪
♪ Now you've decided to show me the same ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[D] [E]
[E] [Ab] [N]
Back to America's Got Talent, the finale.
We are just a few moments away from finding out
who you have chosen as your winner.
First, a singer whose voice took the whole world by storm
just a few short months ago.
She was launched on an extraordinary journey
to take her to unprecedented global fame overnight.
With the world premiere of her song, Wild Horses,
she's singing in America for the very first time for us.
She is Susan Boyle.
[C] [E] [B]
[E] I was to begin with [A] very lost and very lonely.
[E] What's your name, darling?
My name is [Abm] Susan Boyle.
What's the dream?
[E] [A] I'm trying to be a professional singer.
[Gbm] And why hasn't it worked out [Abm] so far, Susan?
[E] [A] I've never been given the chance before,
but here's hoping it'll change.
[B] ♪ I dreamed a dream [Dbm] in time gone by [B] ♪
[A] [E] [B]
[E] After mum [A] died in 2007, [E] when loneliness really set in,
[Abm] I used to find myself crying a lot.
I used [A] to find myself not being able to manage,
not being able to cope.
[Gbm] And I know that she meant me to [Abm] do something with my life.
♪ [Bb] Hey, hey, hey,
[Gb] [Gbm] [Abm]
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Even [A] that moment, everything's changed.
[B]
Star is [E] born.
There may not be anybody alive today
who hasn't [Em] heard [Dbm] of Susan Boyle.
Overnight, it's become a worldwide internet sensation.
People, hello!
[Gb] Incredible story.
With no pressure, [Am] then having all this pressure on top of it,
[Dm] I found it a bit suffocating.
♪ I've been dreaming [F] my life [Bb]
is a dream ♪
The [F] winner of [Db] Britain's Got Talent [B] 2009.
I don't remember much about it after the final.
[Cm] Diversity!
All I remember is,
[Bb] they put an ambulance [Eb] and take it to this [Cm]
clinic.
[Bb] I never felt [D] so tired.
[Eb] I look back and now it wasn't necessary
because I was tired.
[F] I don't know what was wrong with me, though.
[G] I used to be a kind of spectator,
looking outward at the world,
[C] but now I'm part of [G] that world
and although [Bm] frightening, I embrace [G] it
[C] because I feel a bit more confident within myself now.
More able [Am] to cope, more able to take part [Bm] in the dream.
[C] I'm ready to get there and get on with it now.
I'm not gonna be frightened to be last if I was to [D] be in.
[Bb] One voice, one [C] incredible story.
One [D] woman who inspired the world
and never [G] gave up on their dreams.
Ladies and [N] gentlemen, Susan Boyle.
[Cm]
♪ Try to [Ab] move me away ♪
[Cm]
♪ It's easy [Ab] to do
[Bbm] the things that [Db] you wanted ♪
[Ab]
♪ Well, I bought them for you, [Eb] [Cm]
graceless [Ab] lady ♪
[Cm] ♪ You know who I [Ab] am,
[Bbm]
you know I [Db] can't let you ♪
[Ab]
♪ Just slide through my [Eb] hands ♪
[Bbm] ♪ What [Db] was [Dbm] that, [Ab]
couldn't drag me away [Eb]
[Bbm] ♪
♪ What [Db] was that,
[Ab]
couldn't drag me away [Eb]
[Cm]
♪
♪ I watched [Ab] you suffer, [Cm]
a dull aching [Ab] pain ♪
[Bbm] ♪ Now [Db] you've decided
[Ab] to show me the [F] same [Eb] ♪
[Cm]
♪ No sweeping [Ab] exits
[C] [Cm] or hostage [Ab] lines ♪
[Bbm] ♪ Make me [Db] feel better,
[Ab]
I'll treat you
[Eb]
[Bbm] unkindly ♪
[Db]
♪ [Ab]
Couldn't drag me away, [F]
[Eb] [Bbm]
what was [Db] that,
[Ab] couldn't drag me away [F]
[Eb]
[Db] ♪
[N]
♪ What was that, couldn't drag me away ♪
♪ I watched you suffer, a dull aching pain ♪
♪ Now you've decided to show me the same ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[D] [E]
Key:
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E
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Cm
Eb
Ab
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _
Back to America's Got Talent, the finale.
We are just a few moments away from finding out
who you have chosen as your winner.
First, a singer whose voice took the whole world by storm
just a few short months ago.
She was launched on an extraordinary journey
to take her to unprecedented global fame overnight.
With the world premiere of her song, Wild Horses,
she's singing in America for the very first time for us.
She is Susan Boyle. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [B]
[E] I was to begin with [A] very lost and very lonely.
[E] What's your name, darling?
My name is [Abm] Susan Boyle.
What's the dream?
_ [E] [A] I'm trying to be a professional singer.
_ [Gbm] And why hasn't it worked out [Abm] so far, Susan?
[E] [A] I've never been given the chance before,
but here's hoping it'll change.
_ _ [B] ♪ I dreamed a dream [Dbm] in time gone by [B] ♪
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [B]
[E] After mum [A] died in 2007, [E] when loneliness really set in,
[Abm] I used to find myself crying a lot.
I used [A] to find myself not being able to manage,
not being able to cope.
[Gbm] And I know that she meant me to [Abm] do something with my life.
♪ [Bb] Hey, hey, hey, _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gbm] _ [Abm]
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Even [A] that moment, everything's changed.
[B]
Star is [E] born.
There may not be anybody alive today
who hasn't [Em] heard [Dbm] of Susan Boyle.
Overnight, it's become a worldwide internet sensation.
People, hello!
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Incredible story.
With no pressure, [Am] then having all this pressure on top of it,
[Dm] I found it a bit suffocating.
♪ I've been dreaming [F] my life [Bb] _
is a dream ♪
The [F] winner of [Db] Britain's Got Talent [B] 2009.
I don't remember much about it after the final.
[Cm] Diversity! _ _
All I remember is,
[Bb] _ they put an ambulance _ [Eb] and take it to this [Cm] _
clinic.
_ [Bb] _ _ I never felt [D] so tired.
[Eb] I look back and now it wasn't necessary
because I was tired.
_ [F] I don't know what was wrong with me, though.
_ _ _ [G] _ I used to be a kind of spectator,
looking outward at the world,
[C] but now I'm part of [G] that world
and although [Bm] frightening, I embrace [G] it
[C] because I feel a bit more confident within myself now.
More able [Am] to cope, more able to take part [Bm] in the dream.
_ [C] I'm ready to get there and get on with it now.
I'm not gonna be frightened to be last if I was to [D] be in.
_ [Bb] One voice, _ one [C] incredible story.
One [D] woman who inspired the world
and never [G] gave up on their dreams.
Ladies and [N] gentlemen, Susan Boyle. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ ♪ Try to [Ab] move me _ away ♪
[Cm] _
_ ♪ It's easy [Ab] to _ do _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ the things that [Db] you wanted _ ♪
_ [Ab] _ _
♪ Well, I bought them for _ _ you, [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ graceless [Ab] lady _ _ ♪
[Cm] ♪ You _ _ _ know who I [Ab] am, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
you know I [Db] can't let you _ _ ♪
[Ab] _
_ ♪ Just slide through my [Eb] _ hands ♪ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ ♪ What [Db] was [Dbm] that, _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ couldn't drag me away [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ ♪
♪ What _ [Db] was that, _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
couldn't drag me away _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ ♪
♪ I watched [Ab] you suffer, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ a dull aching [Ab] pain _ _ ♪
_ [Bbm] _ _ ♪ Now [Db] you've decided _
_ _ _ [Ab] to _ show me the [F] same _ [Eb] _ ♪
_ [Cm] _
_ ♪ No sweeping [Ab] _ _ _ exits _
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ or hostage [Ab] lines _ _ ♪
_ [Bbm] _ _ ♪ Make me [Db] feel better, _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ I'll treat you _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] unkindly ♪ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ ♪ [Ab] _ _ _
Couldn't drag me away, _ [F] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ what _ _ was [Db] that, _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ couldn't drag me away [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] ♪ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ♪ What _ _ _ was that, couldn't drag me away ♪
_ ♪ I watched you _ _ _ _ suffer, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a dull aching pain ♪ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ♪ Now _ you've decided to show _ _ _ _ _
me _ _ the same ♪
♪ Oh ♪
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _
Back to America's Got Talent, the finale.
We are just a few moments away from finding out
who you have chosen as your winner.
First, a singer whose voice took the whole world by storm
just a few short months ago.
She was launched on an extraordinary journey
to take her to unprecedented global fame overnight.
With the world premiere of her song, Wild Horses,
she's singing in America for the very first time for us.
She is Susan Boyle. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ _ [B]
[E] I was to begin with [A] very lost and very lonely.
[E] What's your name, darling?
My name is [Abm] Susan Boyle.
What's the dream?
_ [E] [A] I'm trying to be a professional singer.
_ [Gbm] And why hasn't it worked out [Abm] so far, Susan?
[E] [A] I've never been given the chance before,
but here's hoping it'll change.
_ _ [B] ♪ I dreamed a dream [Dbm] in time gone by [B] ♪
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [B]
[E] After mum [A] died in 2007, [E] when loneliness really set in,
[Abm] I used to find myself crying a lot.
I used [A] to find myself not being able to manage,
not being able to cope.
[Gbm] And I know that she meant me to [Abm] do something with my life.
♪ [Bb] Hey, hey, hey, _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gbm] _ [Abm]
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Even [A] that moment, everything's changed.
[B]
Star is [E] born.
There may not be anybody alive today
who hasn't [Em] heard [Dbm] of Susan Boyle.
Overnight, it's become a worldwide internet sensation.
People, hello!
_ _ _ _ [Gb] Incredible story.
With no pressure, [Am] then having all this pressure on top of it,
[Dm] I found it a bit suffocating.
♪ I've been dreaming [F] my life [Bb] _
is a dream ♪
The [F] winner of [Db] Britain's Got Talent [B] 2009.
I don't remember much about it after the final.
[Cm] Diversity! _ _
All I remember is,
[Bb] _ they put an ambulance _ [Eb] and take it to this [Cm] _
clinic.
_ [Bb] _ _ I never felt [D] so tired.
[Eb] I look back and now it wasn't necessary
because I was tired.
_ [F] I don't know what was wrong with me, though.
_ _ _ [G] _ I used to be a kind of spectator,
looking outward at the world,
[C] but now I'm part of [G] that world
and although [Bm] frightening, I embrace [G] it
[C] because I feel a bit more confident within myself now.
More able [Am] to cope, more able to take part [Bm] in the dream.
_ [C] I'm ready to get there and get on with it now.
I'm not gonna be frightened to be last if I was to [D] be in.
_ [Bb] One voice, _ one [C] incredible story.
One [D] woman who inspired the world
and never [G] gave up on their dreams.
Ladies and [N] gentlemen, Susan Boyle. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ ♪ Try to [Ab] move me _ away ♪
[Cm] _
_ ♪ It's easy [Ab] to _ do _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ the things that [Db] you wanted _ ♪
_ [Ab] _ _
♪ Well, I bought them for _ _ you, [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ graceless [Ab] lady _ _ ♪
[Cm] ♪ You _ _ _ know who I [Ab] am, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
you know I [Db] can't let you _ _ ♪
[Ab] _
_ ♪ Just slide through my [Eb] _ hands ♪ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ ♪ What [Db] was [Dbm] that, _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ couldn't drag me away [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ ♪
♪ What _ [Db] was that, _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
couldn't drag me away _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ ♪
♪ I watched [Ab] you suffer, [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ a dull aching [Ab] pain _ _ ♪
_ [Bbm] _ _ ♪ Now [Db] you've decided _
_ _ _ [Ab] to _ show me the [F] same _ [Eb] _ ♪
_ [Cm] _
_ ♪ No sweeping [Ab] _ _ _ exits _
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ or hostage [Ab] lines _ _ ♪
_ [Bbm] _ _ ♪ Make me [Db] feel better, _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ I'll treat you _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] unkindly ♪ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ ♪ [Ab] _ _ _
Couldn't drag me away, _ [F] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ what _ _ was [Db] that, _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ couldn't drag me away [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] ♪ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ♪ What _ _ _ was that, couldn't drag me away ♪
_ ♪ I watched you _ _ _ _ suffer, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a dull aching pain ♪ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ ♪ Now _ you've decided to show _ _ _ _ _
me _ _ the same ♪
♪ Oh ♪
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _