Standard (EADGBE)

well I rode out to the ocean

 and the water looked like tarnished gold

I rode out on a broken horse

 who told me she'd never felt so old

she asked me if I'd feed her

 and ride her now and then

no no no, no no no, no no no,

 I break horses

 I don't tend to them

  (Hoooooooo)

I break horses

 they seem to come to me

  (Hoooooooo)

asking to be broken

 they seem to run to me

  (Hoooooooo)

I break horses

 doesn't take me long

 just a few well-placed words

 and their wandering hearts are gone

well at first her warmth felt good between my legs

living breathing heart-beating flesh

but soon that warmth turned to an itch

turned to a scratch

turned to a gash

 I break

 I break horses

 I don't tend to them

tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island

and I don't want to see you swimming behind

tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island

and I don't want to see you swimming behind

 no I break horses

 I don't tend to them