• Song:

    Cowboy Dan

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

  • Album:

    2000-05-19: Bowery Ball...

Cowboy Dan 
Modest Mouse
Tabbed by Peter (grubepeter@yahoo.com)
Standard Tuning (E, A, D, G, B, e)

(The ‘b’ above the note means to bend and the ‘/’ means to slide)


Intro/Main Theme

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-----11--12----11--12----------                
---9--------12--------12--11---                
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Intro to 2nd Theme
                     b
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---9--9--9--9--9-----------------------------------
------------------9--9----9--10--9--10--9--7--7---

2nd Theme

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---11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------  ( x7 )
---x--x--x--x--x--11-11----11-12-11-12-11-9-9---
---9--9--9--9--9--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x--x-x---
------------------9--9-----9--10-9--10-9--7-7---

Main Theme				

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-------------------------------  ( x4 )      
-----11--12----11--12----------                
---9--------12--------12--11---                
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Transition Into 3rd Theme

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---------11----11----------------------------11------
---9--12----12----12-------11----11----11-------12---
---------------------9--12----12----12----12---------

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------------------------------------------------------  ( x1 )
------------------11----------------------------------
---9----9----9-------12--9----------------------------
-----10---10---10----------10---9--10--7--9--10--12---

3rd Theme

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---11----11----11----------------------------11------
------12----12----12-------11----11----11-------12---
---------------------9--12----12----12----12---------

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------------------------------------------------------  ( x4 )
------------------11----------------------------------
---9----9----9-------12--9----------------------------
-----10---10---10-----------10--9--10--7--9--10--12---

4th Theme
           b                        b              b
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--11--12--14----14--12/11--9--7--7--9----11--9--7--7---
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Transition Into Main Theme
(Tack this onto the 4th Theme the third time you play it.)
				
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---------------  ( x1 )
-----7---7-----
---9---9---9--- 
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Main Theme				

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------------------------------  ( x13 )      
----11--12----11--12----------                
--9--------12--------12--11---                
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2nd Theme

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--11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------  ( x6 )
--x--x--x--x--x--11-11----11-12-11-12-11-9-9---
--9--9--9--9--9--x--x-----x--x--x--x--x--x-x---
-----------------9--9-----9--10-9--10-9--7-7---

Solo

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--11--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---
---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---
---9--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---
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-------------------------------  ( x2 )
---11-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---
---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---
---9--x--x--x--x—-x--x--x--x---

The solo gets far too crazy to tab out from here. 
Just make up your own because there are very few
people who could play this solo exactly like 
Issac Brock does.
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