The Mountain Goats (en inglés: Las Cabras Montañesas) son una banda americana de Folk- Rock Alternativo e Indie Rock Lo-Fi a cargo de John Darnielle quien es el cantante y compositor principal, con la colaboración de distintos artistas, incluyendo el bajista Peter Hughes y el baterista Jon Wurster (de Superchunk). Darnielle empezó a grabar música en 1991 con ayuda de un grabador boom box. Hasta 2002, con el lanzamiento del álbum All Hail West Texas
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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