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Version 1
            Artist: Brian Fallon
Song: Horses
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Half-Step Down)
Capo: No Capo
EDIT: 4/2: Brian Fallon did a live/acoustic version of the song:
--.-/watch?ds49arT_HKgNcI0E
This has made it clear that my tab isn't 100 % correct. I now have used this video to make adjustments. If 
anything is still wrong or unclear, do let me know!
[Chords]
This is basically four chords, each with at least one variation
B:           x2444x
B5:          x244xx
--------------------
B/F#:        2x440x
F#:          244322
F#5:         244xxx
--------------------
G#m7:        4x440x
G#m:         466444
G#m7*:       424xxx
--------------------
Emaj9sus2:   0x440x
E:           022100
Esus2:       024xxx
[Picking Pattern]
As far as the picking pattern during the verses and chorus goes, this is what I hear:
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------4-------|----------------4----------|-----------------4-------|----------------4----------|
G|-----------4-----------4-|----------4-----------4----|-----------4-----------4-|----------4-----------4----|
D|--------4-----------4----|-------4-----------4-------|--------4-----------4----|-------4-----------4-------|
A|--2-----------2----------|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-2-----------2-------------|--4-----------4----------|-0-----------0-------------|
    B                        B/F#                         G#m7                     Emaj9sus2
As far as I can tell, the pattern stays the same and the only thing that changes is the root note on the 5th/
6th string.
[Intro]
E|--7--6--4--2----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|--0--2--4--2----|--2h-0-----0--------5--4----|--2h-0-----0--------0-------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--9--8--6--4----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------|--2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|--7--6--4--2----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|--0--2--5--4----|--2h-0-----0--------5--4----|--2h-0-----0--------0-------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--9--8--6--4----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------|--2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
[Verse 1]
B                                                         B   B/F# G#m7 Emaj9sus2
One day I believe that we'll be carried away by pretty horses
        B
And the night will open wide
                                            B      B/F# G#m7 Emaj9sus2
We'll stretch our arms and float out in her river
         B/F#
And your life would be my light
[Chorus]
           G#m7 Emaj9sus2    B        B/F#
And in our love   we find forgiveness
           G#m7 Emaj9sus2     B       B/F#
And in our fear   we learn to see
          G#m7   Emaj9sus2  B        B/F#
And in my chains   I saw us running
        G#m7           B/F#          B
Free as all the pretty horses in my dreams
[Interlude]
E|--7--6--4--2----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|--0--2--4--2----|--2h-0-----0--------5--4----|--2h-0-----0--------0-------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--9--8--6--4----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------|--2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
[Verse 2]
B                                                          B        B/F#G#m7 Emaj9sus2
Maybe it was planned when the angels spoke your name into existence
        B
That our hearts would be entwined
                                    B        B/F#G#m7 Emaj9sus2
And only time and life and a little distance
      B/F#
Until I could be with you
[Chorus]
           G#m7 Emaj9sus2    B        B/F#
And in our love   we find forgiveness
           G#m7 Emaj9sus2     B       B/F#
And in our fear   we learn to see
          G#m7   Emaj9sus2  B        B/F#
And in my chains   I saw us running
        G#m7           B/F#          B
Free as all the pretty horses in my dreams
[Interlude]
E|--7--6--4--2----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|--0--2--4--2----|--2h-0-----0--------5--4----|--2h-0-----0--------0-------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--9--8--6--4----|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------|--2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2--2--2----|--2-----2-----2--2----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
[Bridge]
            G#m  F#           E
And in this life change comes slowly
         B       B/F#  E
There is time to be redeemed
    G#m     F#              E
Any lie you told can be forgiven
       B5    F#5         G#m7*  Esus2
If you love enough to believe
       B     B/F#        B
If you love enough to believe
[Outro]
             G#m7 Emaj9sus2       B     B/F#
And we don't mind   the weight we carry
         G#m7       Emaj9sus2   B     B/F#
We don't talk about   no wasted years
            G#m7          Emaj9sus2      B               B/F#
And I'll be right here to lean on if the livin' gets too heavy
        G#m7             Emaj9sus2        B     B/F#
And the darkness comes a'snappin' at your heels
         G#m7 Emaj9sus2       B     B/F#
We don't mind   the weight we carry
         G#m7       Emaj9sus2   B     B/F#
We don't talk about   no wasted years
              G#m7            Emaj9sus2        B               B/F#
And I'll come runnin' fast as lightning if the livin' gets too heavy
          G#m7           Emaj9sus2     B      B/F#
Just like all the pretty horses in our dreams
G#m7 B/F# B