Samurai

Cowboy
A-Capella e=130
Lyric & Music: Kurt Elling Transposed: Sean Grnbck

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Intro
3x

b6 b & b8

E5 C5

You dig ev' - ry - thing in life ev' - ry - thing you've seen ev' - ry - where yo've been
You dig mem - o - ry is such no - thing gets a - way eve - ry - thing you touch

Bass

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B/F G/D

b &b b you have been thin - king all of the ti - me

find a place deep in - side your in - ner clutch

eve - ry and it

B.

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j j

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thing seems

that's gi ha gan -

ppened to you ti - cal scenes

has been made pou - ring in

or con - strued to brood at least

from you out - er dreams wrink - le

B.

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j
last x on 4+

E5

C5

1.

b &b b pass - ive - ly in the life of the mind.

men - tal stuff in your own sku - lly hutch

r So

B.

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2.
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Once you think it,

r r r r
naught you can do to stop. You've simp - ly got to

Form: Intro 4x (Vocal Bass) - A (x 8) - End on cue (Eb) (6x: voc. Solo p!)

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B/F

G/D

b n r b R R & b b j R R b
cop. Ne - ver - the - less the thought can rea - lly wig you. Like some - times I'll go for a run

18

b &b b

n b a there's no - thing I ex - pect to run to when all of the su - dden the thought be - gins
E5 C5

20

b & b b b
fee - ling like in my brain there lives an al - i - en and it gets funk-y then. 23

Then I think,

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may - be I am just a litt - le man in a space - cap - sule ri - ding round in a ball - oon deep down in - side my

B/F G/D
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b &b b
head.

n j r # # Some big old gi - ants head, dig? I'm dri - ving the run - ning. The mo - tionse - wuence of
3 3 3

29 3 3 bb b & run - ning and pu - shing and pum - ping the ox - y - gen deep in the lumb - ing

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E5

C5

break

b &b b

J J J
sum - ping on to some - way some - how keep on mo - ving the gi - ant, kee - ping him pli - ant. Right now an

33

bb r r r b &
arch - ty - pi- cal sy - nap - ti - call - y of light, a fir - ring an - a - to - mi - cal hit is right now get - ting

B/F
36

G/D

b &b b J J
down dig?

r r r Shoo - ting a ra - pid fi - re spar - kle che - mi - cal through the

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r b n b &b b at - mo - sphere here and think - ing that I'm think - ing of think - ing on - ly makes me think a

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E5

C5

b & b b r r
kink in a way. That on - ly goes to cite, that Des - cartes was right. 43

Voc. Solo

B/F

G/D

b &b b
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E5 C5

D.S.

b &b b