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The Mountain Goats – Cotton
As played in the album “We Shall All Be Healed”
Chords used:
CX 3 2 0 1 0    BbX 1 3 3 3 1    DmX X 0 2 3 1    F1 3 3 2 1 1
AmX 0 2 2 1 0    EbX 6 8 8 8 6
[Intro]
|    C|    C|   Bb|   Bb|
|   Dm|    F|    C|    C|
[Verse 1]
  CThis song is for the rats
  BbWho hurled themselves into the ocean
When they Dmsaw that the explosives in the cFargo hold
Were jCust about to blow
  CThis song is for the soil
  BbThat's toxic clear down to the bedrock
Where nDmo thing of consequence can Fgrow
Drop your Cseeds there, let them go
[Chorus]
Let them all goAm  C  F  Asus2  
Let them all goC  Am  F  Am  Asus2  Am  C  
[Verse 2]
  CThis song is for the people
  BbWho tell their families that they're sorry
For thDmings they can't and wFon't feel sorry foCr
  CAnd once there was a desk
And Bbnow it's in a storage locker somewhere
And this sDmong is for the stick pins and the cFottons
I lCeft in the top drawer
[Chorus]
Let 'em all goAm  C  F  Asus2  
Let 'em all goC  Am  F  Am  Asus2  Am  
[Interlude]
C   Eb   Dm/F   C/E
   C     Eb     Dm     Cx3
[Verse 3]
  CI wanna sing one for the cars
That are Bbright now headed silent down the highway
And it's Dmdark and there is nobody drFiving
And soCmething has got to give
  CI saw you waiting by the roadside
  BbYou didn't know that I was watching
  DmNow you knowF  
  CLet it all go
[Chorus]
Let 'em all goAm  C  F  Am  
Let it all goC  Am  F  Am  Asus2  Am  
[Outro]
C   Eb   Dm/F   C/E
   C     Eb     Dm     Cx3

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Cotton

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus2

Dm/F

C/E

The Mountain Goats – Cotton

As played in the album “We Shall All Be Healed”

Chords used:

C Bb Dm F

X 3 2 0 1 0 X 1 3 3 3 1 X X 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1

Am Eb

X 0 2 2 1 0 X 6 8 8 8 6

[Intro]

C C Bb Bb

| | | | |

Dm F C C

| | | | |

[Verse 1]

This song is for the rats

Who hurled themselves into the ocean

Dm F

When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold

Were just about to blow

This song is for the soil

That's toxic clear down to the bedrock

Dm F

Where no thing of consequence can grow

Drop your seeds there, let them go

[Chorus]

Am C F Asus2

Let them all go

C Am F Am Asus2 Am C

Let them all go

[Verse 2]

This song is for the people

Who tell their families that they're sorry

Dm F C

For things they can't and won't feel sorry for

And once there was a desk

And now it's in a storage locker somewhere

Dm F

And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons

I left in the top drawer

[Chorus]

Am C F Asus2

Let 'em all go

C Am F Am Asus2 Am

Let 'em all go

[Interlude]

C Eb Dm/F C/E

C Eb Dm C

[Verse 3]

I wanna sing one for the cars

That are right now headed silent down the highway

Dm F

And it's dark and there is nobody driving

And something has got to give

I saw you waiting by the roadside

You didn't know that I was watching

Dm F

Now you know

Let it all go

[Chorus]

Am C F Am

Let 'em all go

C Am F Am Asus2 Am

Let it all go

[Outro]

C Eb Dm/F C/E

C Eb Dm C

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