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Cowboy Dan

Modest Mouse
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff 1

0:00 - 1:05

Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean

And he's gonna start a war

He's gonna start a war

And he hops in his pickup, puts his pedal to the floor

And says, "I got mine, but I want more."

Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean

He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky

And said, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die."

Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He didn't move to the city:

"The city moved to me,

And I want out desperately."

Riff Two

1:06 - 1:50

Can't do it

Not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Can't do it

Not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Don't know

not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Riff 1

1:51 - 2:05

(No Lyrics)

Here's the seamless transition between riff one and riff three

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-(riff one)--(riff three)--------------------------------------------------|
D|----11-12-----11-----------------------------------------------------------|
A---9-------12-----12--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------9-10---------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3

2:06 - 3:15

Standing in the tall grass

Thinking nothing

You know

We need oxygen to breathe

Oxygen to breathe

Standing in the tall grass

Thinking nothing

You know

We need oxygen to breathe

Oxygen to breathe

Riff 4

3:16 - 3:56

Everytime you think you're walking,

You're just moving the ground

Everytime you think you're talking,

You're just moving your mouth

Everytime you think you're looking,

You're just looking down

Riff 1

3:57 - 4:42

Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean

He hops in his pickup, puts the pedal to the floor

And says, "I got mine, but I want more."

'Cause Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean

He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky

And says, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die."

Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

He goes the the reservation, drinks and gets mean

He didn't move to the city:

"The city moved to me,

And I want out desperately"

Riff 2

4:43 - 5:23

Can't do it

Not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Can't do it

Not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Don't know

not even if sober

Can't get that engine turned over

Riff 5

5:24 - 5:32

Riff 2

5:33 - 5:56

Riff 5

5:57 - 6:07

End on this chord

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--X------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| / Slide up

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