| "All The Tired Horses" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Bob Dylan | |
| from the album Self Portrait | |
| Released | June 8, 1970 | 
| Genre | Folk | 
| Length | 3:14 | 
| 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 .
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
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 .