View Guitar Chords for Cotton - chords ver. 2
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:CX 3 2 0 1 0 BbX 1 3 3 3 1 DmX X 0 2 3 1 F1 3 3 2 1 1 AmX 0 2 2 1 0 Gm3 5 5 3 3 3Intro: 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 Dmsaw that the explosives in the cFargo hold Were jCust about to blowC This song is for the soil Bb That's toxic clear down to the bedrock Where nDmo thing of consequence canF grow Drop your Cseeds there, let them goC Am F Am --> play for 4 beats each Let them all go C Am F Am* C Let them all goC This song is for the people Bb Who tell their families that they're sorry For thDmings they can't and wFon't feel sorry foCrC And once there was a desk And Bbnow it's in a storage locker somewhere And this sDmong is for the stick pins and the cFottons I lCeft in the top drawerLet 'em all gCo Am F Am C Am F Am* Let 'em all goInterlude: C Gm F C --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 timesC I wanna sing one for the cars That are Bbright now headed silent down the highway And it's Dmdark and there is nobody drFivingAnd soCmething has got to give C I saw you waiting by the roadside Bb You didn't know that I was watching Dm Now you knowF C Let it all goLet 'em all gCo Am F Am C Am F Am* Let it all goOutro: 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 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 Feel free to mail me about comments or questions. [email protected]