Cowgirl In The Sand Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays579

Cowgirl In The Sand by Neil Young is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, C, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Am                          F  
     Hello cowgirl in the sand  
Am                            F  
     is this place at your comand  
C       G        F       G  
Can I stay here for a while  
C       G        F           G  
Can I see your sweet sweet smile  
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   
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game  
  
There it is and it repeats the same way for the other verses  
 Am                         F 
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 turn back 
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 
It’s the woman in you that makes you want to play this game. 
Am                      F 
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 
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 
It’s the woman in you that makes you want to play this gAme. 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante