Chords for Townes Van Zandt - 03 - Cuckoo Song (Whole Coffeehouse, November 1973)

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_ _ [C#m] _ _ Well, Cuckoo, _ she's a pretty bird [C#] And [G#] she warbles as she [C#] flies
_ Oh, she never _ says nothing Till the [G#] last day of [C#m] July
Well, Jack of Diamonds, _ Jack of Diamonds _ [C#] Man, I know you, I know [C#m] you of old
_ Robbed my pocket, _ robbed my pocket Of their [G#m]
silver and [C#m] their gold
Well, for working, _ I'm too lazy _ And for [G#] begging, that's too [C#m] low
_ And train _ robbing, that's too dangerous So [G#m] to gambling _ [C#m] did I go
_ Well, I gambled down in England And [G#] I gambled down in [C#m] Spain
And it never brought me nothing But [G#m] this feel good [C#m] and this pain
I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ going out on _ Tenkiller Mountain, yes I am
[G#] I'm gonna build me, gonna build [C#m] me a still _ Well, I'll sell you five gallons _ for a [G#] two _ [C#m] dollar bill _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, it's bacon when I'm hungry And [G#] it's whiskey when [C#m] I'm dry
_ Well, it's women for my loving And [G#] it's religion _ [C#m] when I die _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Well, Cuckoo, _ she's a pretty bird And [G#] she warbles as she [C#m] flies
_ Well, she never _ says nothing Till [G#] the last day of [C#m] July
_ Till [G#] the last day of [C#m] July
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