{"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":2841710,"song":"The Cuckoo","artist":"Rory Gallagher","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11643713-the-cuckoo-chords-by-rory-gallagher/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2841710?type=chord","rating":4.48185,"votes":8,"content":"THE CUCKOO\r\nAs recorded by Rory Gallagher\r\n(From the 2003 Album WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[1st Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she warbles as she flies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she never holler cuckoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Til the 4th day of July[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're the meanest card I know.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell you've robbed my poor pockets[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf the silver and the gold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm goin up up on a mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI' m gonna build me a whiskey still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll sell you one bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor a twenty dollar-bill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm going up upon a hillside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gonna stand lookin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I can see my little baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhenever she comes walkin' round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she warbles as she flies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she never holler cuckoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Til the 4th day of July[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]A5[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]  [ch]A5[/ch]  [ch]Dadd11/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I'll eat, when I'm hungry[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll drink,   when I'm dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if some woman don't shoot me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen I'll live  a long time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I've known you of old.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell you rob my poor pockets[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand you nearly stole my soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she warbles as she flies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, she brings us glad tidings[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd she never tells no lies.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, ooh, Yay, ay ay  wooh,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoh, yay, ay ay ay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOoh, ooh, yeah.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"THE CUCKOO\nAs recorded by Rory Gallagher\n(From the 2003 Album WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS)\n\n[Intro]\nAm\n\n[1st Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solo]\nC  G  Am  C  G  Am\nC  G  C   G  C  G\nAm  Dadd11/A  A5  Dadd11/A\nAm7  Dadd11/A  A5  Dadd11/A\nAm7  G  Am   G/A  Am  G/A\nAm   G/A  Am  C  G  Am\nC  G  Am  C  G  C  G\nC  G  Am  G  Am\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\nC  G  Am  C  G  Am\nC  G  C  G  C  G  A","chords":["Am","Em","C","G","Dadd11/A","A5","Am7","G/A","A"],"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]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}