Guitar Tab:Cowtown

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Cowtown

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: D Major

Year: 1988

Tabbed By: Josh Woodward

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Intro: No chords,4 bars; but if you need something to play there, you can alternate D and A chords. Clarinet lead notes: D4 F#4/A3/G4 D4/G4/A3 G4/D4/F#4 D/F# Refrain: D I'm going down to Cowtown The cow's a friend to me D G A Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be D Beneath the waves, the waves G A D And that's where I will be D G A D I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea (Instrumental break): G-G-G-G-G-G Bb - (screech sound) G-G-G-G-G-G F - (screech sound) G - F - E - G-G - F - E G - F - E - G-G - F - E (Live shows It's C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 Eb5 (screech), C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 Bb5 (screech) C5 Bb5 A5 C5 C5 Bb5 A5, C5 Bb5 A5 C5 C5 Bb5 A5) (Instrumental break synth lead, as notes, shown below, better if played on keyboard or synth): C4 - E4 - D4 - G4 - F4 - A4 - D4 - G4 C4 - G4 - E4 - A4 - F4 - E4 - D4 - G4 C4 - A4 - D4 - E4 - F4 - G4 - D4 - A4 C4 - G4 - E4 - A4 - F4 - E4 - D4 - G4 C4 - A4 - D4 - E4 - F4 - G4 - D4 - A4 C4 - E4 - D4 - G4 - F4 - A4 - D4 - G4 C4 - G4 - E4 - A4 - F4 - E4 - D4 - G4 (Verse): D The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned D G A The ardor of arboreality is an adventure D We have spurned, we've spurned G D A new leaf overturned G A D It's a new leaf overturned (Repeat refrain) (Repeat instrumental break) (Verse chords again): D We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone D How sleepless is the egg knowing G A That which throws the stone D Foresees the bone, the bone G A D Our only home is bone G A D Our only home is bone Final refrain to outro: D I'm going down to Cowtown The cow's a friend to me D G A Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be D Beneath the waves, the waves G A D And that's where I will be D G A D I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea D Yes I'm going down to Cowtown The cow's a friend to me D G A Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be D Beneath the waves, the waves G D And that's where I will be D G A D I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea G Yes I'm gonna see (I'm gonna see) A The cow (the cow) D Beneath the sea 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +