• Song:

    Cowboy Dan

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

  • Album:

    2000-05-19: Bowery Ball...

Cowboy Dan Tab by Modest Mouse


Modest Mouse-Cowboy Dan Tabs.
Tabbed By: C. Collins
Email: crinsmiscla@gmail.com


Normal Tuning (EADGBE)
Notation:
P: pull-off change
\ or /: slide change


I: Main riff, Repeats until refrain.
E-------------------|
B---2-3----2-3------|
G-------2-------2\1-|
D-4-----------------|
A-------------------|
E-------------------|
this is soft at first, then gets louder and faster when the vocals and tambo come in. i
it's a fender strat or tele set to the neck with very minor distortion.

II: Refrain Loop.
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G---------------------------------|
D--4-4-4-4------------------------|
A---------4-4-4-4-4-5-4-5-4-222---|
E---------------------------------|

this is the distorted version:
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G6-6-6-6-------------------------|
D4-4-4-4-6-6-6--6-6-7-6-7-6-4-4-4|
A------4-4-4-4--4-5-4-5-4-2-2-2p0|
E--------------------------------|

occasionally, this is mixed in after the first part.
E---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G-2b3r2---------------------|
D-------6-6-7-6-7-6-444-----|
A-------4-4-5-4-5-4-222p0---|
E---------------------------|


III: tall grass riff
After the first chorus, play the main riff twice then pick this up.
E-----------------------------------------------|
B----2-2-2------------2---------2-----------2-2-|
G-------2-2----1-1-1---2---------2-----------2--|...
D--4---------0--2-2-2----4-4-4-----40-0--04-----|
A-----------4-------------5-5-5------4-24-------|
E-----------------------------------------------|


IV: Everytime you think you're walking you're just moving the ground

E-----0-0----------------|
B--23-----32--------32---|
G------------4\2..4---22-|
D------------------------|
A------------------------|
E------------------------|


the end is fairly easy to get, it's just a bunch of palm-muted powerchords, with the 
riff mixed in.
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