This is from the Live version featured on Enter The Vaselines. This version has an
alternate chorus from the studio recording.
Verse
G
This is a story and
E
I hope it don't bore ya
C G
Bout the day I was a horse
G
It's been a long time coming
E
and I've been a mourning
C G
So I changed into a horse
Chorus
D G
and we galloped into the night
D G
and everything was alright
D G
We galloped into the night
C G
The day I was a horse
C G
Was very nice of course.
Verse 2
There was this horse
with a big fat mouth
that swallowed all my friends
so I went in to rescue them
and we started over again
Chorus
There's a bass solo over the chord progression from the verses, then the drummer messes
up and they start the song over before playing the next part. (listed as "The Day I Was
A Horse (Again))
Chorus
Verse 3
well it got kinda freaky
I was fine I was cheeky
I was rolling round again
I felt real strange
wanted everything to change
hoping this nightmare would end.