Dana Lyons - Cows With Guns Chords
Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.
Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar G chord diagram
Guitar F chord diagram
Guitar C chord diagram
Guitar E7 chord diagram
[Opening]
[Am]Fat and docile, big and dumb, they look so stupid, they aren’t much fun
[G]Cows aren’t [Am]fun
[verse 2]
[Am]They eat to grow, grow to die, die to be et at the hamburger fry
[G]Cows well [Am]done
[verse 3]
[Am]Nobody thunk it, nobody knew, no one imagined the great cow guru
[G]Cows are [Am]one
[verse 4]
[Am]He hid in the forest, read books with great zeal, he loved Che Guevera, a revolutionary veal
[G]Cow Tse [Am]Tongue
[verse 5]
[Am]He spoke about justice, but nobody stirred, he felt like an outcast, alone in the herd
[G]Cow dol[Am]drums
[verse 6]
[Am]He mooed we must fight, escape or we’ll die, cows gathered around,
[Am]’cause the steaks were so high
[G]Bad cow [Am]pun
[verse 7]
[Am]But then he was captured, stuffed into a crate , loaded onto a truck, where he rode to his fate
[G]Cows are [Am]bummed
[verse 8]
[Am]He was a scrawny calf, who looked rather woozy, no one suspected he was packing an Uzi
[G]Cows with [Am]guns
[verse 9]
[Am]They came with a needle to stick in his thigh, he kicked for the groin, he pissed in their eye
[G]Cow well [Am]hung
[verse 10]
[Am]Knocked over a tractor and ran for the door, six gallons of gas flowed out on the floor
[G]Run cows [Am]run!
[verse 11]
[Am]He picked up a bullhorn and jumped up on the hay (Stop)
[Am]We are free roving bovines, we run free today
[chorus]
[Am]We will [F]fight for bovine [C]freedom
And [E7]hold our large heads [Am]high
We will [F]run free with the [C]Buffalo, or [E7]die [E7](stop)
Cows with [Am]guns
[verse 12]
[Am]They crashed the gate in a great stampede, tipped over a milk truck, torched all the feed
[G]Cows have [Am]fun
[verse 13]
[Am]Sixty police cars were piled in a heap, covered in cow pies, covered up deep
[G]Much cow [Am]dung
[verse 14]
[Am]Black smoke rising, darkening the day
[Am]Twelve burning McDonalds, (Stop) have it your way
[chorus]
We will [F]fight for bovine [C]freedom
And [E7]hold our large heads [Am]high
We will [F]run free with the [C]Buffalo, or [E7]die [E7](Stop)
Cows with [Am]guns [G] [Am]
[verse 15]
[Am]The President said “enough is enough, these uppity cattle, its time to get tough”
[G]Cow dung [Am]flung
[verse 16]
[Am]The newspapers gloated, folks sighed with relief, tomorrow at noon, they would all be ground beef
[G]Cows on [Am]buns
[verse 17]
[Am]The cows were surrounded, they waited and prayed, they mooed their last moos,
[Am]they chewed their last hay
(Slowing) [G]Cows [Am]outgunned (Stop)
[Closing]
The order was given to turn cows to whoppers
Enforced by the might of ten thousand coppers
But on the horizon surrounding the shoppers
Came the deafening roar of chickens in choppers
[chorus]
We will [F]fight for bovine [C]freedom
And [E7]hold our large heads [Am]high
We will [F]run free with the [C]Buffalo, or [E7]die [E7](Stop Aria)
Cows with guns
[G] [Am]
How to play Cows With Guns on Guitar (Step-by-step)
Dana Lyons - Cows With Guns on guitar requires 5 chords and 6 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Cows With Guns uses these transitions most often: G → Am (17), Am → G (16), and Am → F (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Am - G chord transition.
1. Am → G chord transition
To move from Am to G;
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
- Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
2. Am → F chord transition
To move from Am to F;
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.
- Place pinky on D string fret 3.
3. F → C chord transition
To move from F to C;
- While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
- Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
4. C → E7 chord transition
To move from C to E7;
- While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
5. E7 → Am chord transition
To move from E7 to Am;
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on G string fret 2.
6. E7 → G chord transition
To move from E7 to G;
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
- Place ring finger on E string fret 3.
Cows With Guns chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Cows With Guns.
- Cows With Guns includes 57 chord transitions, 6 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
- Cows With Guns contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
- These transition patterns show how Cows With Guns connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After Am, the most likely next chords across Chordier are F (26%), G (21%), and C (16%).
- Am → F: 26%
- Am → G: 21%
After G, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (25%), D (24%), and Am (13%).- G → Am: 13%