The Mountain Goats - Cotton
Chords by Danilo Herrera
I'm 99% sure this is right, and 100% sure it's more accurate than the other one on this site.

As played in the album "We Shall All Be Healed"
Standard tuning (EADGBe)
Time signature: 4/4
Chords used:
C (x32010@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)           FX (133211@1)3 2 0 1 0    X 1 3 3 3 1    X X 0 2 3 1    1 3 3 2 1 1

Am (x02210@1)           Gm (355333@1)              
X 0 2 2 1 0    3 5 5 3 3 3


Intro:
C - Bb - Dm - F - C  (Play the C and Bb chords for 8 beats each, and the Dm and F 
chords for just 4 beats each)

C (x32010@1) This song is for the rats
Bb (x1333x@1)  Who hurled themselves into the ocean
          Dm (xx0231@1)                            FWhen (133211@1)they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold 
      CWere (x32010@1)just about to blow 

C (x32010@1) This song is for the soil
Bb (x1333x@1)  That's toxic clear down to the bedrock 
       Dm (xx0231@1)                      F (133211@1)     
Where no thing of consequence can grow 
          C (x32010@1)  
Drop your seeds there, let them go 

             C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)  Am--> (x02210@1)play for 4 beats each    
Let them all go 

             C (x32010@1)  Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)  Am*    C (x32010@1) 
Let them all go 


C (x32010@1) This song is for the people 
Bb (x1333x@1) Who tell their families that they're sorry 
      Dm (xx0231@1)                 F (133211@1)               CFor (x32010@1)things they can't and won't feel sorry for 

C (x32010@1) And once there was a desk 
    BbAnd (x1333x@1)now it's in a storage locker somewhere 
          Dm (xx0231@1)                               F (133211@1)
And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons 
   CI (x32010@1)left in the top drawer 

             C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)    AmLet (x02210@1)'em all go 
             C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)    Am* 
Let 'em all go 



Interlude:
C    Gm    F    C  --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 times


C (x32010@1) I wanna sing one for the cars 
         BbThat (x1333x@1)are right now headed silent down the highway 
         Dm (xx0231@1)                       FAnd (133211@1)it's dark and there is nobody driving 

      CAnd (x32010@1)something has got to give 

C (x32010@1) I saw you waiting by the roadside 
Bb (x1333x@1) You didn't know that I was watching 
Dm (xx0231@1)          F (133211@1) Now you know 
C (x32010@1) Let it all go 

             C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)    AmLet (x02210@1)'em all go 
             C (x32010@1)    Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)    Am*
Let it all go



Outro:
C   Gm   F    C  --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 times.


*:
Strum the Am chord a few times and at the final strums release the index finger 
from the B string and strum. Alternate between this and the normal Am 2 or 3 
times. Listen to the song to get the hang of it

Feel free to mail me about comments or questions. daniloh91@hotmail.com