Tonalité : C major
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
G
Ponies in the sun,
Am
G
the race is soon beginning
C
G
My father bet the family fortune
Am
on a sleek brown horse
G
Am
E
My father had a hunch,
F
we gave up lunch
E
Am
so Daddy could make a wager.
D
G
Ma would scoff.
She would scoff,
hear her scoff,
C
Am
and they're off.
G
They are off.
C
And they move in a herd
Am
like a four -letter word,
G
E
and they're off.
Am
C
F
Tickets float to the ground,
F#dim
C
an d the band
Am
G
Starts to play as the horses go round,
C
and they're off.
G
Mommy sat and cried,
Am
G
but Dad was unaffected.
C
He said, have you ever had
G
a better two minutes
Am
in the last three years?
G
Am
E
We said, but Dad, the dumb horse lost.
F
E
He said, sometimes joy has a terrible cost.
Am
I know that.
D
G
Ma would scoff.
She would scoff.
Hear her scoff.
C
And they're off.
Am
G
Yeah, they're off.
C
Mommy's biting his neck
Am
as they roll on the deck.
G
E
And they're off.
Am
C
F
There is blood on the ground.
D
C
And the band starts to play
Am
G
as the horses go round,
Eb
and they're off.
Ab
Is n't life funny?
Eb
C
People lose money and
Am
have fun.
Ab
Betting, of course, is hail on the horses
Eb
G
and on families.
When the betting is done,
it's a joke to believe someone won.
C
G
All they did was fight.
Am
G
Plus, they discussed the weather.
C
G
my father bet the family fortune
Am
till it disappeared
D
E
Am
E
they also laughed a lot
F
that was the thing
E
Am
I often forgot to tell you
D
G
but it's true
yes it's true it is true
C
Am
G
and he's off daddy's off
C
we get letters from Maine
Am
where he tries to explain
G
E
why he's off
Verse 2
Am
C
F
D
What was lost was not found
Verse 3
C
And the band starts to play
Verse 4
Am
G
As the horses go round
Verse 5
Ab
And they're off
Verse 6
Ab
G
C
And they're off
Verse 7
Am
G
Yeah, they're off
C
And they move in a herd
Am
like a four -letter word,
G
E
Am
C
F
and there is blood on the ground.
F#dim
C
And the band starts to play
Am
G
as the horses go round and round
and round and round and
Gsus4
G
C
And and the rats, they're off!
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