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:
[C]X 3 2 0 1 0 [Bb]X 1 3 3 3 1 [Dm]X X 0 2 3 1 [F]1 3 3 2 1 1
[Am]X 0 2 2 1 0 [Gm]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
When they [Dm]saw that the explosives in the c[F]argo hold
Were j[C]ust about to blow
[C] This song is for the soil
[Bb] That's toxic clear down to the bedrock
Where n[Dm]o thing of consequence can[F] grow
Drop your [C]seeds there, let them go
C Am F Am --> play for 4 beats each
Let them all go
C Am F Am C
Let them all go
[C] This song is for the people
[Bb] Who tell their families that they're sorry
For th[Dm]ings they can't and w[F]on't feel sorry fo[C]r
[C] And once there was a desk
And [Bb]now it's in a storage locker somewhere
And this s[Dm]ong is for the stick pins and the c[F]ottons
I l[C]eft in the top drawer
Let 'em all g[C]o [Am][F][Am]
C Am F Am
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
That are [Bb]right now headed silent down the highway
And it's [Dm]dark and there is nobody dr[F]iving
And so[C]mething has got to give
[C] I saw you waiting by the roadside
[Bb] You didn't know that I was watching
[Dm] Now you know[F]
[C] Let it all go
Let 'em all g[C]o [Am][F][Am]
C Am F Am
Let it all go
Outro:
C Gm F C --> 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
times. Listen to the song to get the hang of it
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:
[C]X 3 2 0 1 0 [Bb]X 1 3 3 3 1 [Dm]X X 0 2 3 1 [F]1 3 3 2 1 1
[Am]X 0 2 2 1 0 [Gm]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
When they [Dm]saw that the explosives in the c[F]argo hold
Were j[C]ust about to blow
[C] This song is for the soil
[Bb] That's toxic clear down to the bedrock
Where n[Dm]o thing of consequence can[F] grow
Drop your [C]seeds there, let them go
C Am F Am --> play for 4 beats each
Let them all go
C Am F Am C
Let them all go
[C] This song is for the people
[Bb] Who tell their families that they're sorry
For th[Dm]ings they can't and w[F]on't feel sorry fo[C]r
[C] And once there was a desk
And [Bb]now it's in a storage locker somewhere
And this s[Dm]ong is for the stick pins and the c[F]ottons
I l[C]eft in the top drawer
Let 'em all g[C]o [Am][F][Am]
C Am F Am
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
That are [Bb]right now headed silent down the highway
And it's [Dm]dark and there is nobody dr[F]iving
And so[C]mething has got to give
[C] I saw you waiting by the roadside
[Bb] You didn't know that I was watching
[Dm] Now you know[F]
[C] Let it all go
Let 'em all g[C]o [Am][F][Am]
C Am F Am
Let it all go
Outro:
C Gm F C --> 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
times. Listen to the song to get the hang of it
