Cuckoo chords by Cass Mccombs

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
B minorBm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G C minorCm

Verse 1:
G+G    E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
Dawn in Albany
 B minorBm     D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC
Statesmen are still asleep
     D MajorD
The first noise heard
 G+G   D MajorD  E minorEm G+G C minorCm
Through the dew: "cuckoo!"

G+G      E minorEm  B minorBm  D MajorD
A augmentedA rattle follows
B minorBm        D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC
The coroner's office glows
    D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD E minorEm G+G C minorCm
This is my portrait of you, Cuckoo

Chorus:
B7B7     E minorEm  G+G   C# minorC#m C majorC
Cuckoo is your given name
B7B7         E minorEm G+G   C# minorC#m C majorC C minorCm
Christened in the solitude of Fame

Verse 2:
G+G   E minorEm    B minorBm D MajorD
Ah! Friends as such!
 B minorBm      D MajorD C# minorC#m  C majorC
Whose love is without touch
   D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD  E minorEm G+G C minorCm
All four horsemen are you: Cuckoo

Instrumental:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
B minorBm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G C minorCm

Chorus:
B7B7       E minorEm  G+G    C# minorC#m C majorC
Like Brughel's Miser in the frame
 B7B7     E minorEm  G+G   C# minorC#m C majorC C minorCm
Quite literally, you're insane

Verse 3:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
A augmentedA cop-out?
B minorBm       D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC
So flippantly talked about
   D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD  E minorEm G+G
Stand up, here comes your cue...
  C minorCm
"cuckoo!"

Outro:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm D MajorD
B minorBm D MajorD C# minorC#m C majorC D MajorD
G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G C minorCm