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Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song Cowtown
Album: Lincoln
Chorus:
I'm Dgoing down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
DLives beneath the ocean and Gthat's where I will Abe
Beneath the Dwaves, the waves
And Gthat's where AI will Dbe
I'm Dgonna see the Gcow beAneath the Dsea
Bridge/Fill:
G-G-G-G-G- G  Bb  
               (TZZZZ!!!)
G-G-G-G-G- G  F  
               (TZZZZ!!!)
  G    F    E   G    G    F   E( X2 )
Verse 1:
The Dyellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned
The Dardor of arborealiGty is an Aadventure 
We have Dspurned, we've spurned
A Gnew leaf overDturned
It's a Gnew leaf AoverDturned
Chorus:
And so I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Bridge/Fill:
G-G-G-G-G- G  Bb  
               (TZZZZ!!!)
G-G-G-G-G- G  F  
               (TZZZZ!!!)
  G    F    E   G    G    F   E( X2 )
Verse 2:
We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone
How sleepless is the egg knowing 
That which throws the stone
Foresees the bone, the bone
Our only home is bone
Our only home is bone
Final Chorus: 
And so I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Yes I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Yes I'm gonna see (I'm gonna see)
The cow (the cow)
Beneath the sea

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Cowtown

by They Might Be Giants

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Artist: They Might Be Giants

Song Cowtown

Album: Lincoln

Chorus:

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

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

Bridge/Fill:

G G G G G G Bb

-----

(TZZZZ!!!)

G G G G G G F

-----

(TZZZZ!!!)

G F E G G F E

( X2 )

Verse 1:

The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned

D G A

The ardor of arboreality is an adventure

We have spurned, we've spurned

G D

A new leaf overturned

G A D

It's a new leaf overturned

Chorus:

And so I'm going down to Cowtown

The cow's a friend to me

Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be

Beneath the waves, the waves

And that's where I will be

I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

Bridge/Fill:

G G G G G G Bb

-----

(TZZZZ!!!)

G G G G G G F

-----

(TZZZZ!!!)

G F E G G F E

( X2 )

Verse 2:

We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone

How sleepless is the egg knowing

That which throws the stone

Foresees the bone, the bone

Our only home is bone

Final Chorus:

And so I'm going down to Cowtown

The cow's a friend to me

Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be

Beneath the waves, the waves

And that's where I will be

I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

Yes I'm going down to Cowtown

The cow's a friend to me

Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be

Beneath the waves, the waves

And that's where I will be

I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

Yes I'm gonna see (I'm gonna see)

The cow (the cow)

Beneath the sea

About Cowtown Chords by They Might Be Giants

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