The Cuckoo Chords by Jean Ritchie

[F] Oh, [Bb] the _ cuckoo, _ [Ab] she's a pretty bird, [Bb] she _ _ sings [B] as she [Bb] _ flies.
She _ brings us [F] glad _ _ [Ab] tidings, _ and she [F] tells us [Bb] no lies.
_ _ [Dm] She [Bb] sucks _ [Ab] all the [Bb] pretty _ [Ab] flowers to [Bb] _ _ make her [Ab]
voice [Bb] clear.
_ _ And she [Ab] never sings [Bb] _ cuckoo _ till the spring of the _ _ year. _
_ Come all you _ young [Abm] women, take [Bb] _ _ [Ab]
warning by _ me.
_ Never place your _ [Bb] _ affections _
[Ab] on the love [Bb] of a man. _
_ For the roots, _ [Bbm] they will [Ab] _ wither, the [Bb] _ _
_ branches decay. _ _ _
_ He'll turn his [Fm] back on _ you, [Bb] and he'll walk square away.
_ _ _ _ _ If you do _ _ forsake [Ab] me, _ _ [Bbm] _ I'll not be _
[Bb] forsworn.
_ And they'll all be mistaken _ _ if they [F]
think that [Bb] I'll _ _ mourn.
[Ab] For I'll [Bb] get _ _ [Ab] myself a pin _ some [Bb] _ _ higher _ degree.
_ And I'll walk as light [F] by _ him [Bb] as he can [Ab] by [Bb] _ me.
_ _ [Ab] Oh, the [Bbm] cuckoo, _
_ [Fm] [Ab] she's a pretty bird, she _
[Bb] _ sings [B] as she _ [Bb] flies.
She brings us glad _ [F] _
tidings, [Ab] _ and she tells us no [Bb] lies.
_ _ [Fm] She [Bb] sucks _ all the [Fm] pretty [Ab] flowers to _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] make her voice [Bb] clear.
[Eb] _ _ And she never _ [Bb] sings _ cuckoo _ till the spring of the _