C                                                            G

C                                                            G
   He said I’ve been locked up fourteen months a misdemeanor charges
               G7                               C
I got clean in county jail, but the lonely is the hardest
                                                     G
As long as I’m on good behavior, they let me work these stables
G7                                                   C
I‘ve never prayed a day in my life, but now I’m finally able


[Chorus]
          Am                      F              C
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
Am                    F             G
I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
  Am                    F
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
        C                        F
And the holes in my arms started healing
         C                    F           
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
    Am            G        F
The state gave me eighteen months
            C
God gave me horses

G


[Verse 2]
             C                                             G
He said it’s funny how here I thought I was taking care of them
                                                             C
They know my voice comes when I call, yeah these are my best friends
                                                            G
Haven’t seen my father in seven years too ashamed of what I was
                     G7                 G                 C
When he visits me on Sundays now, he is proud to call me a son


[Chorus]
          Am                      F                  C
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
   Am                     F             G
And I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
  Am                   F
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
        C                        F
And the holes in my arms started healing
         C                    F              Em
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
    Am            G        F
The state gave me eighteen months
            C
God gave me horses

G


[Verse 3]
F                                     G
I've driven by a million times, but I stop today
  F                                   G
I lean against that fence to clear my head
       F                                   G
Then a stranger in his prison blues handed me the reins
F                            G
Somehow, I felt freer when I left


[Chorus]
          Am                      F              C
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it
    Am                    F             G
and I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t
  Am                    F
I just brush 'em, and I feed 'em
        C                        F
And the holes in my arms started healing
         C                    F            
OH, it’s like they knew what I was feeling
    Am            G        F
The state gave me eighteen months
            C
God gave me horses

G
            C
God gave me horses