"All The Tired Horses" | |
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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 .