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Cowgirl In The Sand (Neil Young)
Am 002210
F 133211
C 030210
G 320003
Dm x00231
Em 022000
Em7 022030
A 002220
Notes: The bulk of the song consists of the pattern Am, F repeated over and over again
while the lead guitar solos. Try lifting your fingers and strumming the open strings
once as you change chords from Am to F, or back to Am. This gives you a little more
time to form the shape of the next chord, but it also sounds good in the context of
the song. For the verses, the pattern goes -
Am / F /
Am / F /
C G F G
C G F G
Dm Em C F
Dm Em C F
Dm / C Em F
- followed by this riff:
F F F C Em7 A
e |-3/5-3p0-----------1-1-1x--0---------------0-0-0x--0~--------|
B |---------3-1-------1-1-1x--1---------------3-3-3x--2~--------|
G |-------------0h2---2-2-2x--0-------0x--2---0-0-0x--2~--------|
D |-------------------3-3-3x--2---0h2---------2-2-2x--2~--------|
A |-------------------3-3-3x--3---------------2-2-2x--0~--------|
E |-------------------1-1-1x--0---------------0-0-0x--0~--------|
- alternative verse ending (used live on 4 Way Street):
Em7 F G
-0-0-0x--1x--3x----|
... (same as above) ... -3-3-3x--1x--3x----|
-0-0-0x--2x--4x----|
-2-2-2x--3x--5x----|
-2-2-2x--3x--5x----|
-0-0-0x--1x--3x----|
- alternative verse ending (used live on Live at the Fillmore East):
Em7 F G G A
-0-0-0x--1x--3x-3---5~-----|
... (same as above) ... -3-3-3x--1x--3x-3---5~-----|
-0-0-0x--2x--4x-4---6~-----|
-2-2-2x--3x--5x-5---7~-----|
-2-2-2x--3x--5x-5---7~-----|
-0-0-0x--1x--3x-3---5~-----|