Modern Day Cowboy Chords by Tesla

Tempo:
112.75 bpm
Chords used:

A

F

D

G

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Modern Day Cowboy chords
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[A]
[Am] [F]
[A] I'm going to sing a song called Snow White.
[G] [D]
[F] [C] [A] [F]
[G] [A] [F] [G]
[D] [A] [F] [G]
[A] [F] [G]
[A] Snow White, under your black skies,
really blue to the [D] channel.
[A] Thunder rolls and lightning bolts
come crashing to the ground.
[Em] [A] [F] Holy sight, [G] holy [D] [A] star,
[F] how she walks [D] in tune
[G] [A] [F] with another man.
[G] [D] In the same [A] way,
[F] I'm [D] breaking [G] [B] loose.
Hey, [F] shoot em [B] up.
Bang, [C#] blow [Fm] you away.
[Em] [A] It's a showdown,
[D] big swing,
[A] gonna come [F] up,
[A]
[D] [A] [F] slow [A] down,
[D] don't breathe,
hang around,
[A] [F] [E] blow you away. Yeah.
[A]
I [F] was rolling,
[A] bad [F] boy [A] Jones,
on the wrong side of [F#m] the road.
[B] [A] Johnny [F] B [A] and his [F] company
[A] are whistlers to the [Em] [A] drum.
[F] Ancient [D] lead,
feeling so [A] mean,
[F] trying to take [D] over their [G] share.
[A] Cause [F] all they [G] saw was [D] rolling,
[A] lost [F] their fun,
lost [D] in the [G] end.
[B]
[F] Shoot em up,
[B]
blow [Gm] you [B] away.
[A] It's a showdown,
[D] in the moving swing,
[A] gonna come [F]
[A] up,
slow [D] [A] [F]
[A] down,
[G] don't [D] breathe,
hang around,
[A] gonna come up.
[F]
[E]
[N] [Am] [F]
[G]
[Am] [F]
[C] [G]
[A] [Am] [D]
[Am] [D] [G] [A]
[D]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[Am] [D] [A] She's here without a weapon,
coming strong,
but [F] it don't really [A] get any [D] worse,
[A] [F] for it lands [A] with a terrorist's [F] command,
[A] on a toast of goodness.
[Em] [A] The [F] USA,
[Gm] the [D] [A] USSR,
when [F] their six [D] guns to the [G] side,
[A] [F] I see the message,
[D] we're not at [A] war,
till we [F] take that [D] different side,
[B] baby.
[F] I shoot em up,
[B] [A] blow you [Fm] [G] away.
[A] It's a showdown,
in [D] the moving [A] swing,
gonna come [F] up,
[D] slow down,
[A] [F]
[D] don't breathe,
hang [A] around,
gonna come [F] up,
slow [D] [A] [F] down.
[D] [Am]
[D] [A] [F] [Am]
[D] [Am] [E]
[A]
Key:  
A
1231
F
134211111
D
1321
G
2131
Am
2311
A
1231
F
134211111
D
1321
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To learn Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: A, F, D, A, F, A, D, G and A. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 56 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 113 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: A Minor.

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ I'm going to sing a song called Snow White.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Snow White, under your black skies,
really blue to the _ [D] channel.
[A] _ Thunder rolls and lightning bolts
come crashing to the ground.
[Em] _ [A] _ [F] Holy sight, [G] holy [D] _ [A] star,
[F] how she walks [D] in tune
[G] _ [A] _ _ [F] with another man.
[G] _ [D] In the same [A] way,
[F] I'm [D] breaking _ [G] [B] loose.
_ Hey, [F] shoot em _ [B] up.
Bang, _ [C#] blow [Fm] you away.
[Em] _ _ [A] It's a showdown,
[D] _ big swing,
[A] gonna come [F] up,
[A] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] slow [A] down,
[D] don't breathe,
hang around,
[A] _ _ [F] [E] blow you away. Yeah.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I _ _ [F] was rolling,
[A] bad [F] boy [A] Jones,
on the wrong side of [F#m] the road.
[B] _ [A] _ Johnny [F] B [A] and his [F] company
[A] are _ whistlers to the [Em] [A] drum.
_ [F] Ancient [D] lead,
feeling so [A] mean,
[F] trying to take [D] over their [G] share.
[A] _ Cause [F] all they [G] saw was [D] rolling,
_ _ [A] lost [F] their fun,
lost [D] in the [G] end.
[B] _ _ _ _
[F] Shoot em up,
_ [B] _ _ _
blow [Gm] you [B] away.
_ [A] It's a showdown,
[D] in the moving swing,
[A] gonna come [F]
[A] up,
slow [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F]
[A] down,
[G] don't [D] breathe,
hang around,
[A] gonna come up.
[F] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ [A] She's here without a weapon,
coming strong,
but [F] it don't really [A] get any [D] worse,
[A] _ [F] for it lands [A] with a terrorist's [F] command,
[A] on a toast of goodness.
[Em] _ [A] _ The [F] USA,
[Gm] the [D] _ _ [A] USSR,
when [F] their six [D] guns to the [G] side,
_ [A] _ [F] I see the message,
[D] we're not at [A] war,
till we [F] take that [D] different side,
_ [B] baby. _
[F] I shoot em up,
[B] _ _ [A] blow you [Fm] [G] away.
_ [A] _ It's a showdown,
in [D] the moving _ [A] swing,
gonna come [F] up,
[D] slow down,
[A] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] don't breathe,
hang [A] around,
gonna come [F] up,
slow [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] down.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Mechanical Resonance album.

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