Sung by: John Flansburgh and John Linnell
Length: 2:18
On Albums: Then: The Earlier Years, Lincoln
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Intro:
Not really any chords; but if you need something to
play there, you can alternate D and A chords.
Chorus:
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 A D
And that's where I will be
D G A D
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Bridge:
G-G-G-G-G-G Bb
(weeeeeeeeeee!)
G-G-G-G-G-G F
(weeeeeeeeeee!)
G - F - E - G-G - F - E
G - F - E - G-G - F - E
1.
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
Chorus:
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 A D
And that's where I will be
D G A D
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Bridge:
G-G-G-G-G-G Bb
(weeeeeeeeeee!)
G-G-G-G-G-G F
(weeeeeeeeeee!)
G - F - E - G-G - F - E
G - F - E - G-G - F - E
2.
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 A D
Our only home is bone
G A D
Our only home is bone
Final Chorus:
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 A 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
transcribed by Josh Woodward
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