Chords for Townes Van Zandt - The Cuckoo

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