Difference between revisions of "Guitar Tab:Cowtown"
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We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone | We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone | ||
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Revision as of 23:12, 5 July 2023
- Song
- Lyrics
- Interpretations
- Credits
- Guitar Tab
- Bass Tab
- Chronology
| Cowtown |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Key: D Major |
| Year: 1988 |
| Tabbed By: Josh Woodward |
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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 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 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 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
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