Tabs

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Cowgirl In The Sand
By:   Neil Young

[intro:] |C   |   |Em  |Em  |Am  |Am  }   {light strumming} 
         |Am  |  {guitar with overdrive}
         |Am  |F  |Am  |F   |Am  |F   |Am  |F  |  {14 times Am F}

[verse: 1] 
|Am                   |F                              |
 Hello cowgirl in the sand (hello cowgirl in the sand)
|Am                       |F
  Is this place at your command
|C      G        |Fmaj7  G    |
 Can I stay here for a while
|C      G       |Fmaj7         G  |
 Can I see your sweet, sweet smile
 
[chorus:]
|Dm    Em          |C           F    
 Old enough now to change your name
     |Dm      Em         |C      F
When so many love you is it the same
         |Dm                                 |C         F     |F   {eiff}
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game
 
[:] |F  C  |E  A  |A     |
    |Am    |F     |Am    |F     |   {repeat as many times as you want}

[verse: 2]  
|Am                |F                            |
 Hello Ruby in the dust (hello Ruby in the dust)
|Am                     |F     |
 Has your band begun to rust
|C      G       |F         G    |
  After all the sin we've had
|C      G           |F         G   |
  I was hopin' that we'd turn bad

[chorus:]
|Dm    Em          |C           F    
 Old enough now to change your name
     |Dm      Em         |C      F
When so many love you is it the same
         |Dm                                 |C         F     |F  {riff}
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game
 
[:] |F  C  |E  A  |A   |
    |Am    |F     |Am    |F     |   {repeat as many times as you want}

[verse: 2]  
|Am                | F                               |
  Hello woman of my dreams,(hello woman of my dreams)
|Am                      |F      |
  This is not the way it seems
|C       G         |F        G       |
  Purple words on a grey background
|C        G            |F         G    |
  To be a woman and to be turned down
 
[chorus:]
|Dm    Em          |C           F    
 Old enough now to change your name
     |Dm      Em         |C      F
When so many love you is it the same
         |Dm                                 |C         F     |F   {riff}
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game
 
[:] |F  C  |E  A  |A   |
    |Am    |F     |Am    |F     |   {repeat as many times as you want}
 
[coda:]  |Am  F  |Am  F  |Am  F  |C   {finish}
 

{riff}

e| --/5-----------------|
B|-------8--5-----------|
G|-------------7--5-----|
D|-------------------7--|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|



chords:

A       002220  or 577655
Am      002210  or 577555
C       032010  or 335553
Dm      000231  or 557765
E       022100  or 779997
Em      022000  or 779987
F       133211
Fmaj7   x33210
G       320003  or 355433