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Cowgirl in the Sand

Neil Young
TabTuningD Tuning
★4.8(157)

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

Intro

D|----0-------2------0------1-------0-------3---------|
A|----1-------3------1------1-------1-------0---------|
F|----2-------2------2------2-------0-------0---------|
C|----2----0---------2------3-------2-------0---------|
G|-0--------------0---------3----3----------2---------|
D|-----------------------1---------------3------------|

Am D Am F C G

RIFF #1

a)

D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0h1--1--3p1--0-----------1----1-----1--0------|
F|-----------------------0----------0----0-------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------1--1-----------------------|

Am|-------------------> Fmaj7----------------------|

b)

D|------------------0----------------0--------------------|
A|-------0h1--1--3----------------1-----1-----------------|
F|---------------------------0h2-----------2-----0h2------|
C|--------------------------------------------3-------3---|
G|-0--0---------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------1-------------------------------|

Am|--------------> Fmaj7---------------------------|

c)

D|----------------------------------------1------------|
A|-------0h1--1--3p1--0----------------1-----1---------|
F|-----------------------0--------0h2--------------0---|
C|----------------------------------------------3------|
G|-0--0------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------1--1-----------------------|
   Am|------------------->  F--------------------------|

d)

D|-----------------------------------------------1-0---|
A|-------0h1--1--3p1--0-------------------1------------|
F|-----------------------0--------0h2--------0---------|
C|-------------------------------------3---------------|
G|-0--0------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------1--1-----------------------|

Am|-------------------> Fmaj7----------------------|

Verse

Am F

Hello cowgirl in the sand

Am F

Is this place at your command

C G Fmaj7 G

Can I stay here for awhile

C G Fmaj7 G

Can I see your sweet sweet smile

Chorus

Dm7 Em7 C F

Old enough now to change your name

Dm7 Em7 C F

When so many love you is it the same

Dm

Its the woman in you that makes you want to

C Cmaj7 F Riff2 then Riff1(a&b only afer 1st verse)

Play this game

Verse

Am F

Hello ruby in the dust

Am F

Has your band begun to rust

C G Fmaj7 G

After all the sin we've had

C G Fmaj7 G

I was hoping that we'd turn bad

Am F

Hello woman of my dreams

Am F

Is this not the way it seems

C G Fmaj7 G

Purple words on a gray background

C G Fmaj7 G

To be a woman and to be turned down

RIFF #2: (Verse 1&2 only)

D|---3/5---3-0--------------1--1--0------------0--0----1----3--|
A|-------------3-----1------1--1--1------------3--3----1----0--|
F|----------------0----0h2--2--2--0-------0-2--0--0----2----0--|
C|--------------------------3--3--2--0h2-------2--2----3----0--|
G|--------------------------3--3--3------------2--2----3----2--|
D|--------------------------1--1--3------------0--0----1----3--|

F F C Em7Em7 F G

RIFF #2: (last time)

D|---3/5---3-0--------------1--1--0------------0--0----0--|
A|-------------3-----1------1--1--1------------3--3----2--|
F|----------------0----0h2--2--2--0------------0--0----2--|
C|--------------------------3--3--2--0h2-------2--2----2--|
G|--------------------------3--3--3-------3----2--2----0--|
D|--------------------------1--1--3------------0--0-------|

F F C Em7Em7 A

CHORDS:

D|----0----1----0------0----3----5----7---1------------|
A|----1----1----1------1----0----6----8---3------------|
F|----2----2----2------0----0----5----7---2------------|
C|----2----3----3------2----0----7----9---0------------|
G|----0----3----3------3----2----5----7----------------|
D|---------1----1-----------3----5----7----------------|

Am F Fmaj7 C G Dm7 Em7 Dm

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

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