Chords for Townes Van Zandt - Coo Coo
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
G#m
C#m
C#
G#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[G#m]
[C#m] [E] [C#]
[C#m] [G#m] [C#]
Well, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and [G#m] she warbles as she [C#m] flies.
There she'd tell us glad tidings, [G#m] and she'd mean us [C#] no lies.
Jack of [G#] diamonds, [C#m] jack of diamonds, [G#m] well, I've known you, I've known [C#m] you of old.
Robbed my pockets, robbed my pockets [G#m] of their silver and their [C#] gold.
Well, for [C#m] working, I'm too [F#] lazy, [B] [G#m] and for begging, that's too low.
Train robbing, that's too [B] dangerous, [G#] so to gambling [G#m] did I go.
[C#m] Well, I gambled [G#m] down in England, and [G#] I gambled [G#m] out in Spain,
[C#m] and it never [C#] brought me [C#m] nothing, except [G#m] this feel-good and this [C#m] pain.
[G#m]
[B] [C#m] [G#m]
[C#m]
[B] [C#] [G#m]
[C#] [C#m] I'm headed out on [C#] Tinker [G#] Mountain, [C#] I'm gonna [G#] build me, I'm [B] gonna build me a [C#] still,
[C#m] well, I'll sell you five gallons for [G#m] a two-dollar [C#m] bill.
Man, it's bacon [C#] when I'm hungry, and [G#] it's whiskey when I'm dry.
[C#] There's some [G#] lady for my loving, and it's [G#m] religion when [C#m] I die.
Well, the cuckoo, [G#m] she's a pretty [C#m] bird, [G#] and she warbles as [C#m] she flies.
Oh, she never says nothing [G#m] till the last day of [C#m] July.
[G#m] Well, the cuckoo, [C#] she's a pretty bird, [G#m] oh, she warbles [C#] as she flies.
Oh, she brings us [G#] glad tidings, and she tells [G#m] us no [C#m] lies.
[G#m] [C#]
[G#m]
[C#m] [E] [C#]
[C#m] [G#m] [C#]
Well, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and [G#m] she warbles as she [C#m] flies.
There she'd tell us glad tidings, [G#m] and she'd mean us [C#] no lies.
Jack of [G#] diamonds, [C#m] jack of diamonds, [G#m] well, I've known you, I've known [C#m] you of old.
Robbed my pockets, robbed my pockets [G#m] of their silver and their [C#] gold.
Well, for [C#m] working, I'm too [F#] lazy, [B] [G#m] and for begging, that's too low.
Train robbing, that's too [B] dangerous, [G#] so to gambling [G#m] did I go.
[C#m] Well, I gambled [G#m] down in England, and [G#] I gambled [G#m] out in Spain,
[C#m] and it never [C#] brought me [C#m] nothing, except [G#m] this feel-good and this [C#m] pain.
[G#m]
[B] [C#m] [G#m]
[C#m]
[B] [C#] [G#m]
[C#] [C#m] I'm headed out on [C#] Tinker [G#] Mountain, [C#] I'm gonna [G#] build me, I'm [B] gonna build me a [C#] still,
[C#m] well, I'll sell you five gallons for [G#m] a two-dollar [C#m] bill.
Man, it's bacon [C#] when I'm hungry, and [G#] it's whiskey when I'm dry.
[C#] There's some [G#] lady for my loving, and it's [G#m] religion when [C#m] I die.
Well, the cuckoo, [G#m] she's a pretty [C#m] bird, [G#] and she warbles as [C#m] she flies.
Oh, she never says nothing [G#m] till the last day of [C#m] July.
[G#m] Well, the cuckoo, [C#] she's a pretty bird, [G#m] oh, she warbles [C#] as she flies.
Oh, she brings us [G#] glad tidings, and she tells [G#m] us no [C#m] lies.
[G#m] [C#]
Key:
G#m
C#m
C#
G#
B
G#m
C#m
C#
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
Well, the cuckoo, _ she's a pretty bird, and [G#m] she warbles as she [C#m] flies.
_ There she'd tell us glad tidings, _ [G#m] and she'd mean us [C#] no lies.
_ Jack of [G#] diamonds, _ [C#m] jack of diamonds, _ [G#m] well, I've known you, I've known [C#m] you of old.
_ Robbed my pockets, robbed my pockets _ [G#m] of their silver and their [C#] gold.
_ _ Well, for [C#m] working, I'm too [F#] lazy, _ [B] [G#m] and for begging, that's too low.
_ _ Train robbing, _ that's too [B] dangerous, _ _ [G#] so to gambling [G#m] did I go.
[C#m] Well, I gambled [G#m] down in England, and [G#] I gambled [G#m] out in Spain,
[C#m] _ _ and it never _ [C#] brought me [C#m] nothing, _ except [G#m] this feel-good and this [C#m] pain.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [C#m] _ I'm headed out on [C#] Tinker [G#] Mountain, _ [C#] I'm gonna [G#] build me, I'm [B] gonna build me a [C#] still,
[C#m] well, I'll sell you _ five gallons for [G#m] a two-dollar [C#m] bill.
_ _ Man, it's bacon [C#] when I'm hungry, _ and [G#] it's whiskey when I'm dry.
[C#] _ _ _ There's some [G#] lady for my loving, and it's [G#m] religion when [C#m] I die.
_ Well, the cuckoo, _ [G#m] she's a pretty [C#m] bird, [G#] and she _ warbles as [C#m] she flies.
_ Oh, she never _ says nothing _ [G#m] till the last day of [C#m] July.
_ _ [G#m] Well, the cuckoo, _ [C#] she's a pretty bird, _ [G#m] oh, she warbles [C#] as she flies.
Oh, she brings us _ [G#] glad tidings, and she tells [G#m] us no [C#m] lies. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
Well, the cuckoo, _ she's a pretty bird, and [G#m] she warbles as she [C#m] flies.
_ There she'd tell us glad tidings, _ [G#m] and she'd mean us [C#] no lies.
_ Jack of [G#] diamonds, _ [C#m] jack of diamonds, _ [G#m] well, I've known you, I've known [C#m] you of old.
_ Robbed my pockets, robbed my pockets _ [G#m] of their silver and their [C#] gold.
_ _ Well, for [C#m] working, I'm too [F#] lazy, _ [B] [G#m] and for begging, that's too low.
_ _ Train robbing, _ that's too [B] dangerous, _ _ [G#] so to gambling [G#m] did I go.
[C#m] Well, I gambled [G#m] down in England, and [G#] I gambled [G#m] out in Spain,
[C#m] _ _ and it never _ [C#] brought me [C#m] nothing, _ except [G#m] this feel-good and this [C#m] pain.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [C#m] _ I'm headed out on [C#] Tinker [G#] Mountain, _ [C#] I'm gonna [G#] build me, I'm [B] gonna build me a [C#] still,
[C#m] well, I'll sell you _ five gallons for [G#m] a two-dollar [C#m] bill.
_ _ Man, it's bacon [C#] when I'm hungry, _ and [G#] it's whiskey when I'm dry.
[C#] _ _ _ There's some [G#] lady for my loving, and it's [G#m] religion when [C#m] I die.
_ Well, the cuckoo, _ [G#m] she's a pretty [C#m] bird, [G#] and she _ warbles as [C#m] she flies.
_ Oh, she never _ says nothing _ [G#m] till the last day of [C#m] July.
_ _ [G#m] Well, the cuckoo, _ [C#] she's a pretty bird, _ [G#m] oh, she warbles [C#] as she flies.
Oh, she brings us _ [G#] glad tidings, and she tells [G#m] us no [C#m] lies. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _