All the Tired Horses

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"All The Tired Horses"
Song by Bob Dylan
from the album Self Portrait
ReleasedJune 8, 1970
Genre Folk
Length3:14
Label Columbia
Songwriter Bob Dylan
Producer Bob Johnston

"All the Tired Horses" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released on his 1970 double album Self Portrait .

Contents

The song is the first track on the album. It is most notable for its absence of Dylan's singing. It consists of a small choir of female voices (Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson, and Maeretha Stewart) [1] repeating the same two lines

All the tired horses in the sun
How'm I s'posed to get any ridin' done? Hmm.

to the same melody for 3 minutes and 14 seconds, with varying instrumental accompaniment. The chord progression is I-vi-iii-V in the key of C major (C-Am-Em-G).

All the Tired Horses was used in the 2001 film Blow .

All the Tired Horses covered by Lisa O’Neill was used in the last scene of the 2022 finale of the TV series Peaky Blinders .

All the Tired Horses was used in the 2023 series Black Cake .

Cover versions

References

  1. "All The Tired Horses". Genius. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. "Tim Heidecker Does an Impromptu Collaboration on Bob Dylan's "All the Tired Horses"". 27 February 2012.

Further reading