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: X 3 2 0 1 0 X 1 3 3 3 1 X X 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 X 0 2 2 1 0 3 5 5 3 3 3 Intro: – – – – (Play the C and Bb chords for 8 beats each, and the Dm and F chords for just 4 beats each) This song is for the rats Who hurled themselves into the ocean When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold Were just about to blow This song is for the soil That's toxic clear down to the bedrock Where no thing of consequence can grow Drop your seeds there, let them go --> play for 4 beats each Let them all go * Let them all go This song is for the people Who tell their families that they're sorry For things they can't and won't feel sorry for And once there was a desk And now it's in a storage locker somewhere And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons I left in the top drawer Let 'em all go * Let 'em all go Interlude: C Gm F C --> Play each chord for 4 beats. Play 4 times I wanna sing one for the cars That are right now headed silent down the highway And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give I saw you waiting by the roadside You didn't know that I was watching Now you know Let it all go Let 'em all go * Let it all go Outro: --> 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