{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":394573,"song":"Cuckoo","artist":"Rory Gallagher","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11557853-cuckoo-chords-by-rory-gallagher/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/394573?type=chord","rating":4.49217,"votes":23,"content":"[tab]As you play the Am, include this little riff\r\ne|---------0---|\r\nB|---------1---|\r\nG|---------2---|\r\nD|---------2---|\r\nA|-------0-----|\r\nE|---0-3-------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles, as she flies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she never, holler cuckoo, until the 4th day, of July[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, you're the meanest, heart I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell you rob my, poor pockets, of the silver, and of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm going up, up on a mountain, I'm gonna build me, a whiskey still[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll sell you, one bottle, for a twenty, dollar-bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm going up, up on a mountain, I'm gonna stand, lookin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I can see my, pretty baby, whenever she, comes walking round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles, as she flies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she never, holler cuckoo, until the 4th day, of July[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nInstrumental Break (see below)\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I'll eat, when I'm hungry, and I'll drink, when I'm dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if some woman, don't shoot me, then I'll live, a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, well I've known you, of old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell you rob my, poor pockets, and you nearly, stole my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird, and she warbles, as she flies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell she brings us, glad tidings, and she never, tells no lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOhh-hoo-hoo, Mm-hmm-hmm, Mm-hmm, Mm-hmm-hmm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMm-hmm-hmm, Mm-hmm-hmm, Mm-hmm, Mm-hmm[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nInstrumental Break (roughly)\r\n[tab]e|---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0-------0---|\r\nB|---1---3---5---3---1-3-5-3---1---0---1---|\r\nG|---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---0---2---|\r\nD|---2---4---5---4---2-4-5-4---2---0---2---|\r\nA|---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0---3---2---0---|\r\nE|---------------------------------3-------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|---5----3-5--------3-5--------3---|\r\nB|---5----3-5--------3-5--------3---|\r\nG|---5----4-5--------4-5--------4---|\r\nD|---7----5-7--------5-7--------5---|\r\nA|---0----0-0--------0-0--------0---|\r\nE|----------------------------------|[/tab]\r","plain_text":"C G Am\nC G Am\nC G C G\nC G Am\nInstrumental Break (see below)\nC G Am\nC G Am\nC G C G\nC G Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G Am\nC G Am\nC G C G\nC G A\nInstrumental Break (roughly)","chords":["Am","B","G","D","A","E","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}