• Song:

    Cowboys Delight

  • Artist:

    John Denver

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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From: loonytun@primenet.com
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: TAB: Cowboy's Delight  (John Denver)
Date: 25 Oct 1997 20:28:01 -0700


COWBOY'S DELIGHT		(John Denver)


Style suggestion:   A
                   -------0-----|
                   -----2---2---|
                   ---2-------2-|
                   -------------|
                   -0-----------|
                   -------------|
                    1 & 2 & 3 &

Notes: - The walkdown at the end of verse one will be
         referred to as #1.


(intro)

A (x02220@1) Asus4 (x02230@1) Asus4 (x02230@1) A (x02220@1) (2x)


      A (x02220@1)         Asus4 (x02230@1)  /        ASing (x02220@1)songs of the sunrise into the nigh
      A (x02220@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)    /           Athe (x02220@1)stars as a timepiece make it all right
       A (x02220@1)            Asus4 (x02230@1)    /           AMake (x02220@1)friends with the darkness, talk to the moon
      A (x02220@1)          Asus4and (x02230@1)when the light lifts,
        Asus4 (x02230@1)    A (x02220@1)A/g#  A/f#  A/e DD/c# (xx0232@1) E(Esus4) (022100@1)you can let out a tune


  A (x02220@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)      /                  AThen (x02220@1)to the mountains, climbed through the sky
       A (x02220@1)               Asus4 (x02230@1)     /                 AThey (x02220@1)showed there their whiteness, watched their gold fly
  A (x02220@1)           Asus4 (x02230@1)      /             AShared (x02220@1)in their treasures, shook at their might
       A (x02220@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)     /          C (x32010@1)(	walkdown #2)
Spoke softly in wonders... cowboy's delight


(walkdown #2 : my best attempt at transcribing what is
probably a two-guitar part)

  C (x32010@1) ^                        ^           ^
|----------0-------------|----------0-------------|
|-------1-----1----------|-------1--------1-------|
|----0-----------0-------|----0--------0----------|
|------------------------|-2----------------------|
|-3----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---1-----1--------------|------------1-----------|
|-0-2-----0--------------|---0-----0-----0--------|
|---------------2--------|------2-----------2-----|
|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---1-----1--------------|------------1-----------|
|-0-2-----0--------------|---0-----0-----0--------|
|---------------2--------|------2-----------2-----|
|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---1-----1--------------|------------------------|
|-0-2-----0--------------|---0--------------------|
|---------------2--------|---------3-----2--------|
|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  D (xx0232@1)                      D/C#|------------------------|----------2-------------| (x40232@1)|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
|-5----------------------|-4----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .

  Bm7 (x20202@1)                    D/a
|------------------------|----------2-------------|
|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  Bm7 (x20202@1)                    D/a
|------------------------|----------2-------------|
|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
|-2----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .

  Bm7 (x20202@1)                    D/a
|------------------------|----------2-------------|
|----------3-------------|-------3----------------|
|-------2-----2----------|----2-------------------|
|----4-----------4-------|----------------4-------|
|-2----------------------|-------------2----------|
|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .
                                       Sing...


        A (x02220@1)         Asus4 (x02230@1)  /        A(Sing) (x02220@1)songs of the sunrise into the night
     A (x02220@1)        Asus4 (x02230@1)       /          Athe (x02220@1)song of the mountains... cowboy's delight
      A (x02220@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)    /           Athe (x02220@1)stars as a timepiece make it all right
      A (x02220@1)         Asus4Sing (x02230@1)songs of the mountain...
Asus4       A... (into walkdown #1, then #2)
cowboy's delight


(intro & end)

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