My Brother The Cow tabs

By Vincent Thuvignon


  1. Judgment, rage, retribution and thyme
  2. Generation spokesmodel
  3. What moves the heart
  4. Today, is a good day
  5. Into yer shtik
  6. In my finest suit
  7. F.D.K. (fearless doctor killers)
  8. Orange ball-peen hammer
  9. Crankcase blues
  10. Execution style
  11. Dissolve
  12. 1995

For any question, comment, or correction all you have to do is to email Vincent (vincentthu@yahoo.com)

Enjoy and... play it loud!


1. JRRT




-1/2 tuning, as always...

Riff:
   e |----------------------|
T  B |--8-\-7-\-5-/7--------|
A  G |--8-\-7-\-5-/7---6-6--|     intro : play that 6 times
B  D |--8-\-7-\-5-/7---7-7--|
   A |--6-\-5-\-3-/5---7-7--|
   E |-----------------5-5--|

itıs Riff 2 for the end only!!!                    F(8):
   e |------------------------------|           -----------
T  B |--8-\-7-\-5-/7-\-5------------|     8th   o-o-x-x-x-o
A  G |--8-\-7-\-5-/7-\-5---6--4--6--|           -----------
B  D |--8-\-7-\-5-/7-\-5---7--5--7--|     9th   | | | | | |
   A |--6-\-5-\-3-/5-\-3---7--5--7--|           -----------
   E |---------------------5--3--5--|     10th  | | o-o-o |
                                                -----------
F(8) (at 8th fret)
When I look in the mirror
E    D   riff     riff
In front of me
F(8)
In any old mirror
E     D    Riff     Riff
That's in front me
E                 D
Trouble, trouble
(nc)      Riff four times
Is all I see

F(8)
The shadow I cast
    E   D  riff    riff
Is dark and long
F(8)
Beware my shadow
     E     D  riff    riff
It's dark and long
      E             D
When I turn your corner
(nc)          Riff  four times
You best be gone

F(8)
Since the day of my birth
       E     D      riff    riff
I've known I wasn't right
F(8)
Mmmm, hmm, mmm
E   D    riff    riff
I'm not right
E                  D
Got something awful
(nc)    Riff four times
Livin' inside

D  D   D   D    E  E   E   E (with solo)
Oh look out
A   A   A   A   A   A   A  A
riff four times

F(8)
Well I'm at the end of my rope
       E    D       Riff   Riff
And the end of my days
F(8)
At the end of my rope
      E    D     riff   riff
At the end of my days
         E               D
Gonna storm the Pearly Gates
(nc)          Riff 2
And make 'em pay




2. Generation Spokesmodel



tune -1/2

Main riff:
      B        E     Bb
T  D|-9--9--9--------8--8--x--8--8--|
A  A|-9--9--9--7-7---8--8--x--8--8--|
B  E|-7--7--7--0-0---6--6--x--6--6--|


B            Bb
I got these looks
           B     Bb
That just won't quit
B          Bb
I got at least
   B                  Bb
A halfa' some kind of wit
B         Bb
I got a guitar
B                    Bb
Check it out, I'm a star
B               Bb          B
Hey kids, how would I look on
               Bb
The cover of Spin


D     A
Well, well
D          G
We're all gone
D      A
Well, well
      G
Right on, right on, right on
F   F   F   F

B              Bb
Listen to my songs
      B               Bb
I guarantee you'll relate
B       Bb
Look at me
B               Bb
Recognize your face
B           Bb
My daddy's rich
        B         Bb
And my mama's good lookin', (yeah)
B           Bb
Hush little baby
B      Bb
So am I


D      A
Well, well
D          G
We're all gone
D      A
Well, well
      G
Right on, right on, right on
F    F     F    F    Riff x8

B------(feedback)---
Well, I'm the spokesmodel
B------(feedback)---
Of your generation, baby
B------(feedback)---
I'll lose my shirt
B------(feedback)---
For ventilation
B              Bb
Thanks to the kids
B                Bb
For makin' me who I am
          B             Bb
Twenty percent of the gross
     B                Bb
Goes straight to the man

D     A
Well, well
D          G
We're all gone
D     A
Well, well
       G                      B  B!
Right on, right on, right on



3. What Moves The Heart?

tuning -1/2

guitar 1 riff:
   e |-------------------1---|
T  B |-------------------1---|
A  G |-------------------2---|
B  D |-7---7---10----3---3---|
   A |-7---7---10----3---3---|
   E |-5---5---8-----1---1---|

guitar 2 riff:
   e |---------------------------|
T  B |---------------------------|
A  G |---------------------------|
B  D |-10---9---8----7---5--7--7-|
   A |-10---9---8----7---5--7--7-|
   E |-8----7---6----5---3--5--5-|


* = Guitare 2 alt.:
   e |---------------------|
T  B |---------------------|
A  G |-----------7--5--7---|
B  D |-----------7--5--7---|
   A |-7--5--3---7--5--7---|
   E |---------------------|

(intro : guitar 1 riff four times
then guitar 2 riff and guitar 1 riff together)

Well, the moon moves the ocean
With its pull
And the sun keeps a risin'
Over the hill
*
Bodies in motion
*
Mixin' emotions
*
Why oh why oh why
*
Won't my heart be still

      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart

(Guitar 1 riff and guitar 2 riff together)
Yeah, the heart keeps beatin'
With a presence of mind 
Blood pressure rise
When you walk by (ahh)
*
Gravitate to your pull
*
I gravitate to your pull
*
Further into your orbit (?)
*
Like some kind of satellite


      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
guitar 2 riff
What moves, what moves, what moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C         G AA
What moves the heart
      C     CC
What moves





4. Today, Is A Good Day


tuning -1/2

main riff for verse:
   e | ----------------------------------------------- |
T  B | -------------x--6--6----x--4--4---------------- |
A  G | --x--6--6----x--6--6----x--4--4----x--3--3--4-- |
B  D |:--x--7--7----x--6--6----x--4--4----x--4--4--5--:|
   A | --x--7--7----x--4--4----x--2--2----x--4--4--5-- |
   E | --x--5--5--------------------------x--2--2--3-- |


Nothin' but dust
Drippin' out the pump
The cows are milkin' blood
God only knows what that is
Rainin' down from above

D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G     C#   C# C#...
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G     C#   C# C#...
Today is a good day

(Main riff)
The crops are all diseased
Rotten fish line
The dried river bed
Orphan cries fill the valley
Nearly every mother's dead

I can't help but wonder
Can't help but wonder
Can't help but wonder
Will you be next

D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!

D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!

solo: (rhythm is riff by guitar 2)
   e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
T  B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A  G |---------------------------4--2-4-2---2-4-5--(7)--5-4--5-4--2-4-2--|
B  D |----------------4--2----5------------------------------------------|
   A |-----4--2----5--------------------------(bend the -5- )------------|
   E |--5----------------------------------------------------------------|


(Riff)
Watchin' you in your fitful sleep
There's one thing I pray
Please, please God
Let tomorrow be as good as today

D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!


D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
D  G        D   G
Today is a good day
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!
C#   C# C#...
Well I still got you!




5. Into Yer Shtik



tune -1/2
sometimes mark or steve uses a bottle neck... beer bottle.


Riff:
   e | ------------------------------------------- |
T  B | ---------------------------5-----x-5--5---- |
A  G | ---------------------------5-----x-5--5---- |
B  D |:--5-5--7-7---8-8---7-7-x---5-----x-5--5----:|
   A | --5-5--7-7---8-8---7-7-x---3-----x-3--3---- |
   E | --3-3--5-5---6-6---5-5-x------------------- |

(play riff as rhythm)
You're so tormented
Demented
Indebted
To all the assholes (Just like you)
Who've come and gone (Before you)
Predictable
Just plain dull
Why don't you
B           A         F#   (with bottle neck)
Blow your brains out too
D  DDD DD    D          G
You're so into yer... shtik

(Riff)
You're so hounded
Ungrounded (?)
Surrounded
By scum suckin' leeches
Who will shovel your shit
Sweep your dirt (Hoping for an ounce of it)
Feed your ego
They never tell you no
All of you

B       A    F#   (with bottle neck)
Make.. me.. SICK
D  D  D  D  D  D  D   G
You're so.. into yer shtik

G  G
             G    D          G      D   G
And they're all.. into yer shtik

       D
Well, Mitchell's got a new girl
D
She's nineteen
G
Hollywood model
G
Star of the screen
D
She's up here,
D
To support the scene
G
It's all part
G                            D    G    D    G
Of his rock and roll fantasy

D
Stan was at the bar
D
With bandaged hands
G
They tried to dry him out
G
And he got mad
D
cut his fist
D
Punchin' hospital glass
G
Made his myth 
G                  D    G    D    G
Now he's trapped

D
Susie's just a girl
D
Who's doin' her job
G
That came to New York
G
And wanted a car
D
Workin' with the management
D
To the stars
G
Kissin' ass
G
Is part of the job


D
It's part of the job
G
Yeah, it's part of the job
D
Ohohh she loves her job
G
What the hell
G
She does it so well

D
I'm not perfect
G
Ive lived a life of mistakes
D
I'm not perfect
G
But there's one thing I can't take
D
You are into yer shtik
G
You're so into yer shtik
D
And they're so into yer shtik
G
..Fuck You
                D!
..You Make Me Sick!




6. In My Finest Suit




tune your guitar -1/2

   e | ------0--3----0------------------------------- |
T  B | --0-------------3--0----5--5-------4--4------- |
A  G | --0---------------------5----5-----4----4----- |
B  D |:--2---------------------5------5---4------4---:|
   A | --2---------------------3----------2---------- |
   E | --0------------------------------------------- |

Emin
Oh I can't remember
    C   B     Emin  C   B
The day I was born
          Emin
Well, I can clearly see
C    B     Emin    C    B
The day I die
Emin                C
A lot of wrong went on
    B        Emin   C   B
Between the two
    Emin
You came along
     C       B       Emin    CCC BBB
And somehow made it right

A     C   G
Oh I got you
D       F       C
I got a lot to lose
A     C      G
Yeah, I got you
D            F       C     B   B   B
Got a lot, a lot to lose

(little solo here)

          Emin
Oh I came naked
C   B     Emin     C    B
Into this world
Emin
Oh unprepared
C       B        Emin     C   B
For the horrible truth
Emin
Got wrapped up
C     B      Emin   C   B
In a web of lies
       Emin
On the day I die
C                  B         Emin    CCC BBB
They'll wrap me in my finest suit

A        C      G
Well, I got my suit
D    F     C
And I got you
A          C        G
Oh I got a lot to lose
D             F       C
Got a lot, a lot to lose
B  B   B  B   B  B        Emin
I'd give up anything for you

CCC BBB   Emin    C  B   Emin  C  B
Emin   C   B    Emin   C   B  (solo)

Emin
Wish I could
C       B           Emin   C   B
Do what you did for me
Emin
Wish I could
C        B         Emin  C   B
Make it all worth while
Emin
Do you need me
C        B    Emin    C   B
Like I need you
Emin
Will you be with me
C       B     Emin   C    B
On the day I die

A     C   G
Oh I got you
D       F       C
That's a lot to lose
A             C       G
Got a lot, a lot to lose
D                    F      C
Got a lot, a lot, a lot to lose
B                           Emin   C   B   Emin  C   B Emin
I'll give up everything for you


7. Execution Style



Tuning : -1/2

Riff for two guitars, at least, one guitar can play G1

Guitar1  (pull off)
   e | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
T  B | --2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)---5----2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)----7---5- |
A  G | --2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)---5----2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)----7---5- |
B  D |:--2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)---5----2-(0)--2-(0)--2-(0)----7---5-:|
   A | --0-(0)--0-(0)--0-(0)---3----0-(0)--0-(0)--0-(0)----5---3- |
   E | ---------------------------------------------------------- |

Guitar2 synchronized with guitar 1
   e | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
T  B | ------------------------5---------------------------7---5- |
A  G | --7--5---7--5---7--5---------7--5---7--5---7--5----------- |
B  D |:----------------------------------------------------------:|
   A | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
   E | ---------------------------------------------------------- |


A                    C
You got me on the choppin' block
A              D C
Threatenin' to cut me up
A                      C
If that's the way you get your kicks
A                 D     C
Come on, make it clean and quick

D             A
I don't care what you do
D                 Bb     C
I just wanna get next to you
A  A A A A A A     riff twice
Execution style

A                  C
Baby, baby, I'm hangin' loose
A                D    C 
Danglin' on the end of your noose
A                 C
Squeeze it so my neck'll snap
A                    D  C
You know I'm diggin' where you're at

D                 A
I just wanna get next to you
D             Bb      C
I don't care what you do
D             A
I don't care what you do
D                Bb       C
I just wanna get next to you
A A A A A A  AA   (nc)
Execution style

Solo with wah wah.  repeat it |: A  C     A   D C  :|
noise --->mudhonies...

A           C
Baby, baby, I don't care
A           D   C
Baby, baby, I don't care
A           C
Baby, baby, I don't care
A                D  C
Strapped to your electric chair

D                 A
I just wanna get next to you
D             Bb      C
I don't care what you do
D             A
I don't care what you do
D                Bb       C
I just wanna get next to you
D                 A
I just wanna get next to you
D             Bb      C
I don't care what you do
D             A
I don't care what you do
D                Bb       C
I just wanna get next to you
A A A A A A  A   (nc)
Execution   styyyyyyyyyle!



8. Fearless Doctor Killers


tune your guitar -1/2

Riff 1 after second and third choruses :
Guitar 1:
   e | ----------------------------------------------- |
T  B | --5--x-x---10-x-x---9-x-x---7-x-x---4-4-4-4-4-- |
A  G | --5--x-x---10-x-x---9-x-x---7-x-x---4-4-4-4-4-- |
B  D |:--5--x-x---10-x-x---9-x-x---7-x-x---4-4-4-4-4--:|
   A | --3--x-x---8--x-x---7-x-x---5-x-x---2-2-2-2-2-- |
   E | ----------------------------------------------- |

while the guitar 2 plays:
T  e | ----------------------------- |
A  B | -13-12-13-12-13-12-13-12-12-- |
B  G | ----------------------------- |

C
Daddy was a rapist
B        E       B
For the word of God
C
Even Baptist preachers
B  E       B
Gotta get off
C
Had the sisters of the congregation
B    E         B
Down on their knees
C
My ma was
B   E   B
One of these (He Told 'em)

D             B
Be fruitful, multiply
D             B
Be fruitful, multiply

C
Mama says I'm lucky
         B   E   B
That I'm here at all
C
Daddy refused to pay
          B    E      B
What that evil doctor cost
C
daddy was a right
    B     E   B
And righteous man
C
Didn't want his first born son
          B    E      B
Dumped in no garbage can

D
Save the baby
B
Kill the doctor
D
Save the baby
B
Kill the doctor

(Riff 1 four times)

C
I'm all for life
B           E       B
Till the bastard's born
C
After that
      B     E   B
He's out on his own
C
and if he does crime
B      E      B
Tryin' to survive
C
I'll make damn sure
        B   E    B
He gets electrified

D
Save the baby
B
Kill the doctor
D
Save the baby
B
Kill the doctor

(Riff 1 twice)

Riff 1
I kill for you baby Jesus
Riff                         Emin!
I kill for you little baby Jesus



9. Orange Ball-Peen Hammer



tuning is -1/2

Riff with a bottle neck
   e | ------------------ |
T  B | ---9--\--2--/--7-- | while second guitar just
A  G | ---9--\--2--/--7-- | plays  A  D  A  D  A...
B  D |:---9--\--2--/--7--:| all the time
   A | ------------------ |
   E | ------------------ |

(play the riff through the first verse)
Runnin' nightly
Through the streets of Jacksonville
Seekin' out swampy refuge in some florida.. glade'
Oh ain't no refuge
In the Everglades, my friend
No buffalo
Left in the Everglades

F#
Ball-peen hammer
                E
Gunnin for my head
F#
Florida buffalo
             E
Long since dead


(play riff)
Squeeze my orange
Till the juice runs down my leg
Caught in the movie house
Orange juice on my leg
Landed in jail
Lost my turn
Let me tell you now
A day without orange juice
Is like a night in jail

F#
Ball-peen hammer
               E
Gunnin for my head
F#
Runnin' with orange juice
                  E
Drippin' down my leg

(play the riff many times)

F#
Ball-peen hammer
               E
Gunnin for my head
F#
Florida orange juice
                  E
Drippin' down my leg
F#
Ball-peen hammer
               E
Gunnin for my head (?)
F#
Florida buffalo
             E  /   A~~~~~~~
Long since dead



10. Crankcase Blues



standard tuning to change once

intro :
B    A    B    A    B   A

play that with the B A B A chords:
   e | ------------------------------------ |
   B | ------------------------------------ |
T  G |:-----------2----4-(bend to 6)---2---:|
A  D | --4--------------------------------- |
B  A | ------------------------------------ |
   E | ------------------------------------ |

B                    A
Got that crankshaft stickin'
B                   A
Straight into your center line
B                      A
When the piston goes down
B                      A
Your blood is sure to poison your mind

F#                A
Got a broke down engine
F#                     A
But you're not losin' any speed
B           C#      A
Goin' downhill so fast
        C#       A     C#     A
You're sure to burn, sure to burn
 C#      A   Bb    B    A   B    A
Sure to burn and bleed

B               A
Fully cranked weeks at a time
B                       A
Believin' you're some kind of machine
B             A
she gave you water
B                  A
When you asked for gasoline

F#                A
Got a broke down engine
F#                     A
But you're not losin' any speed
B           C#      A
Goin' downhill so fast
        C#       A     C#     A
You're sure to burn, sure to burn
 C#      A   Bb    B    A   B    A
Sure to burn and bleed

B              A
Got a mess of problems
B              A
You insist on tellin' everyone
B             A
Too bad, too bad, too bad
B                       A
Your motor mouth still runs and runs

F#                A
Got a broke down engine
F#                     A
But you're not losin' any speed
B           C#      A
Goin' downhill so fast
        C#       A     C#     A
You're sure to burn, sure to burn
 C#      A   Bb    B    A   B    A... the end.
Sure to burn and bleed




11. Dissolve



tuning -1/2

the riff is two lines long
   e | --------------------------------------------------------- |
   B | --------------------------------------------------------- |
T  G |:-------------------------------------2--2---------------- |
A  D | --2----2----2----4----5--4-5-4---2----------4-5-4-5------ |
B  A | --0--0----0---0--0--0-0--0-0-0---0----------------------- |
   E | ------------------------------------------------------0-- |

   e | --------------------------------------------------------- |
   B | --------------------------------------------------------- |
T  G |:-------------------------------------2--2---4-5-4-5------ |
A  D | --2----2----2----4----5--4-5-4---2--------------------2--:|
B  A | --0--0----0---0--0--0-0--0-0-0---0--------------------2-- |
   E | ------------------------------------------------------0-- |

Riff for the two guitars

Watch me now
They line 'em up
They make 'em stand tall
They line 'em up
Just to watch 'em fall

Oh I don't think I can take no more
And I don't think I want no more
Gonna walk right through that open door
And lock it tight behind me


A             C
No, I don't like it here
A             C     E
No, I don't like at all
A             C
No, I don't like it here
D                 EEEEEEEE
Watch me while I dissolve

riff

I'm gone
But I know where to find you
If I want to
     A
I'm gone




12. 1995



tuning is -1/2 + dropped D

Riff 1:
   e | --------------------------------------------------------- |
   B | --------------------------------------------------------- |
T  G |:---------------------------------------------------------:|
A  D | --2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4-----2-----4---------- |
B  A | --2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4-----2-----4---------- |
   D | --2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4---2-/-(4)-4-----2-----4---------- |

Riff 2:
   e | ------------------------------ |
   B | ------------------------------ |
T  G |:--4--4--4--4-----7---6-----4--:|
A  D | --4--4--4--4-----7---6-----4-- |
B  A | --2--2--0--2-----5---4-----2-- |
   D | ------------------------------ |

Riff 1
Well, it's 1995, my friend
Riff 1
And we're closin' in on the end
Riff 1
Another year for you and me
Riff 1                           D   E
Time to recognize what you see

Riff 2
What you lookin' at
Riff 2           (nc)
What you lookin' at
Riff 2
What are you lookin' at
Riff 2
What are you lookin' at

Riff 1
It's 1995 all right
Riff 1
They say I'm lucky to be alive
Riff 1
Yeah, me and everybody else
Riff 1                             D     E
Along with you and everybody else,

Riff 2
What you lookin' at
Riff 2           (nc)
What you lookin' at
Riff 2
What the fuck are you lookin' at
Riff 2               (nc)
What are you lookin' at

repeat Riff 1 with solo, wah wah, horns, etc...



NOTE:
This document © 1997, 1998 Vincent Thuvignon (
vincentthu@yahoo.com). All rights reserved.


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