Cough Syrup tab by Young The Giant

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard

C majorC                G+G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------1---0---0-----------------0-----0---------------------------|
G+G|------------------2---2-0---0-2-----------2---2---0---0-----------|
D MajorD|----2---2---2---2---2---------------3---3---3---3-------3---2---3-|
A augmentedA|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------------2-------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
  FF                G+G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------1---1---3---3-------0---1---1---3----------------| Play once for intro,
G+G|-----2---4---4----------------------------------------------------| during verses 1 and 3,
D MajorD|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------------------| and during outro.
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---3----------------|

(Verse 1)

C majorC                  G+G
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
FF                    G+G
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control
C majorC                       G+G
These fishes in the sea they’re staring at me oh oh

Oh oh oh oh
FF                   G+G
A augmentedA wet world aches for a beat of a drum Oh

(Chorus)

A minorAm
If I could find a way to see this straight
G+G
I’d run away
           FF
To some fortune that I
A minorAm        G+G
should have found by now
         FF     A minorAm      G+G
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---------------0-0-0-0-0-------------------------|
G+G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-2-2-3-|
A augmentedA|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E MajorE|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| Play once after
G+G|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| chorus, but not
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| during the verse
A augmentedA|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E MajorE|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

(Verse 2, strumming)

C majorC                  G+G
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
FF                     G+G
I’m coming up now coming up now out of the blue oh
C majorC
These zombies in the park they’re looking for my heart
G+G
Oh oh oh oh
FF                     G+G
A augmentedA dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh

(Chorus)

A minorAm
If I could find a way to see this straight
G+G
I’d run away
           FF     A minorAm      G+G
To some fortune that I I should have found by now

A minorAm
And so I run to the things they said could restore me
         G+G
Restore life the way it should be
           FF   A minorAm      G+G
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down

(Verse 3, picking)

C majorC                  G+G
Life’s too short to even care at all oh
FF                    G+G
I’m losing my mind losing my mind losing control

Interlude: C majorC G+G FF C majorC G+G 3x

(Chorus)

A minorAm (one strum)
If I could find a way to see this straight
G+G (one strum)
I’d run away
G+G          FF        A minorAm    G+G
To some fortune that I I should have found by now

A minorAm
So I run to the things they said could restore me
         G+G
Restore life the way it should be
           FF   A minorAm     G+G
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down

(Outro, picking)
C majorC                   G+G
One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa oh
FF                   G+G
One more spoon of cough syrup now whoa oh

Other versions of Cough Syrup

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Cough syrup by Young The Giant