Cheer Up Little Darling chords by Angaleena Presley

Chords with lyrics

Key: C majorC

Intro 1: (Starts at 00:09
Rubato = Free Rhythm/Tempo)
| A minorAm      | E MajorE     | FF     | E MajorE     |
| (F*) (G*) (G#*) || A minorAm      ||


Intro 2: (Spoken)
A minorAm E MajorE
   Yeah, it's gonna be real pretty, man
FF
cheer up, little darlin', don't be so sad.
                          E MajorE
There's a time and place for the blues that you've had
FF
just hold what you've got, babe, and never give in.
       G+G                 A minorAm
Seems like a tight spot, but it's just a loose end.

Intro 3: (In 3/4 notated pro 2 measures or you could consider 6/8)
| C majorC      | C majorC      | DmDm      | DmDm      |
| G+G      | G+G      | C majorC      | C*      ||

Verse 1: (With mandolin)
         C majorC    C majorC       DmDm      DmDm
Cheer up, little darlin'
don't be so sad
G+G     G+G          C majorC    C majorC
there's a time and place for  the blues you have had.
         C majorC     C majorC      DmDm      DmDm
Hold what you've got, babe
never give in
G+G      G+G            C majorC    C*
it feels like a tight spot
but it's just a loose end.

Verse 2:
         C majorC      C majorC        DmDm      DmDm
You can't fix the world, girl
it's so badly bent
G+G  G+G           C majorC    C majorC
but you can help it along  if you save your own skin.
          C majorC     C majorC        DmDm      DmDm
The first thing you do, honey
is make you a list
G+G  G+G              C majorC    C majorC
of the things that you've done  and the things that you've missed.

Chorus:
DmDm         A minorAm    FF    C majorC
Da, da, da, da,
DmDm     A minorAm     FF     G+G     G*

Verse 3:
           C majorC     C majorC          DmDm      DmDm
Do the best that you can, doll
there's no one to blame
G+G  G+G          C majorC    C majorC
it's just the turn that it took  in this crazy old game.
         C majorC     C majorC      DmDm      DmDm
Hold what you've got, babe
never give in
G+G      G+G            FF   FF   C*
it feels like a tight spot
but it's just a loose end.


Chords on mandolin: C=0230 and Dm=2001 and G=0023 and Am=5200
🏷Legend: * means "let ring" (1 strum)