"Beer for My Horses" is a song recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. It was composed by Keith and Scotty Emerick for Keith's seventh studio album, Unleashed. The song was released as the album's fourth and final single on April 7, 2003. The song tells of a group of men who lynch some criminals then celebrate with a round of drinks at a saloon.

"Beer for My Horses" received mixed reviews from music critics. The single reached number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Keith's highest charting song of his career at the time. The song also peaked at number one for six weeks in the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs (one of two songs to stay that long at number one for Toby Keith). Becoming Keith's eleventh number one hit and Nelson's twenty third and his first since "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" in 1989. "Beer for My Horses" was certified platinum once by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The accompanying music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered on April 9, 2003.

"Beer for My Horses" also made Willie Nelson the oldest artist to top the country charts at age 70.

The phrase, "Whiskey for me beer for my horse." is said in the 1975 film 'Bite The Bullet' by Jan Michael Vincent.

The music video for the song features Keith, Nelson and Corin Nemec, as detectives hunting a serial killer, played by Gregg Gilmore. The detectives eventually convince Nemec to dress up as a woman to lure the serial killer and they end up capturing him. The video, directed by Michael Salomon, was shot in downtown Los Angeles and at the nearby Golden Oak Ranch, in Newhall, California. It is also the first video in which Keith does not actually sing. On March 4, 2003 the video was nominated for Video of the Year for the Academy of Country Music Awards. It won the award for Video of the Year in May later that year.

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