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The Mountain Goats – Cotton Chords by Danilo Herrera I’m 99% sure this is right, and 100% sure it’s more accurate than the other one on this site.
As played in the album “We Shall All Be Healed” Standard tuning (EADGBe) Time signature: 4/4 Chords used: CBbDmF X 3 2 0 1 0 X 1 3 3 3 1 X X 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1
AmGm X 0 2 2 1 0 3 5 5 3 3 3
Intro: C – Bb – Dm – F – C (Play the C and Bb chords for 8 beats each, and the Dm and F chords for just 4 beats each)
C This song is for the rats Bb Who hurled themselves into the ocean DmF When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold C Were just about to blow
C This song is for the soil Bb That's toxic clear down to the bedrock DmF Where no thing of consequence can grow C Drop your seeds there, let them go
CAmFAm --> play for 4 beats each Let them all go
CAmFAm* C Let them all go
C This song is for the people Bb Who tell their families that they're sorry DmFC For things they can't and won't feel sorry for
C And once there was a desk Bb And now it's in a storage locker somewhere DmF And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons C I left in the top drawer
CAmFAm Let 'em all go CAmFAm* Let 'em all go
Interlude: C Gm F C --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 times
C I wanna sing one for the cars Bb That are right now headed silent down the highway DmF And it's dark and there is nobody driving
C And something has got to give
C I saw you waiting by the roadside Bb You didn't know that I was watching DmF Now you know C Let it all go
CAmFAm Let 'em all go CAmFAm* Let it all go
Outro: CGmFC --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 times.
*: Strum the Am chord a few times and at the final strums release the index finger from the B string and strum. Alternate between this and the normal Am 2 or 3 times. Listen to the song to get the hang of it