Cucurucu Chords by Nick Mulvey

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