Cucurucu Chords by Nick Mulvey

_ _ _ _ _ [G#] Softly in the evening dusk a woman is singing to me
[Bm] She takes me back down the vista of my years until [C#m] I see _
_ [B] I see a child underneath the piano in the [C#] boom of the tingling strings
_ _ Pressing the [G#] poised feet of his mother who smiles at him as she sings Kukuruku, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Kukuruku
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] Softly now in the evening dusk a woman is singing to me
She [F#m] takes me back down the vista [E] of my years until I see
I see a [Bm] boy, a child underneath the piano in the boom of the tingling strings
[F#m] Pressing the poised feet of his mother [E] who smiles at him as she [D] sings
Yearning to belong, [Bm] yearning to belong
[F#m] My heart beats with a ceaseless longing [E] of her yearning to belong
[D] In spite of myself and [Bm] all of these nursery songs
[F#m] My heart beats with a ceaseless longing [E] of her yearning to belong [D] Kukuruku, _ _ [Bm] Kukuruku
Sing [F#m] Kukuruku, _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] Kukuruku _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ The [Bm] melodies _ of [A] childish _ days [E] are upon, _ [C#] upon me
And they [Bm] take me back, back [A] down the river
[E] They keep leading me [C#] on, they lead me until I [Bm] see
With all of my [A] manhood is _ cast
[E] Down in the flood of remembrance [C#] and I weep like a child for the past
Sing [D] Kukuruku, _
_ _ [Bm] Kukuruku
Sing [F#m] Kukuruku, _
_ _ [E] Kukuruku
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ I [D] see a child underneath the piano [Bm] in the boom of the tingling strings
[F#m] Pressing the poised feet of his mother [E] who smiles at him as she sings
[D] Listen to me son, [Bm] I'll tell you why your father's strong
[F#m] Cause he can still say every single [E] day he's yearning to belong
_ [D] Yearning to belong, _ [Bm] yearning to belong
[F#m] My heart beats with a ceaseless longing [E] of her yearning to belong
[D] In spite of myself and [Bm] all of these nursery songs
[F#m] My heart beats with a ceaseless weeping, a [E] beatless burning of their love
Sing Kukuruku, _
_ _ [Bm] Kukuruku
Sing [F#m] Kukuruku, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Kukuruku
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