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Chorded By: James Allenby
CIt might sound funny
Am7But when your heart is Fnearly-new Fm  
You say I'll try; but Cnever do  Am  Dm  
I'll try to Gget there in the Cend
CThe cuckoo is a Am7pretty bird
FIt sings the sweetest song I've Fmever heard
And it reCminds me how you Amstole into my Dmheart
And took Geverything aCway
A[Am7]way
It's outFrageous
It's disFmgraceful
E7How could we ever have been so Amtasteful?
I Fknow we said we Gwon't
But you can Fcall me if you Gwant
And you Cknow I'm Galways Amthere
I thought you'd like to Fknow
I still think you are the Fmmost
But you left me living E7here
Married to a Amghost
Then, it gets so Dmcold at Gnight-time
Never knew it got so Dmcold at Gnight-time
Sometimes dreams come Ctrue:
One night Fwhen the moon is Cblue
And FI may come to Cyou
With a Amlove that's nearly-Cnew
COh, my Am7love
FI've tried to Fmlove you
But I Cguess I'm out of Ampractice
DmAnd practicing is GStrictly for the Cbirds
CThe cuckoo is a Am7pretty bird
FIt sings the sweetest song I've Fmever heard
And it reCminds me how you Amstole into my [Dmheart
And then threw Geverything aCway
And you Am7say:
It's outFrageous
It's so Fmshoddy
The way you're E7making love to someone else's Ambody
And my Fflesh can go and Gcrawl
Halfway Fup the bedroom Gwall
And you Cknow I'm Galways Amthere
I thought you'd like to Fknow
I still think you are the Fmmost
But you left me living E7here
Married to a Amghost
Then, it gets so Dmcold at Gnight-time
Never knew it got so Dmcold at Gnight-time
Sometimes dreams come Ctrue:
One night Fwhen the moon is Cblue
And FI may come to Cyou
With a Amlove that's nearly-Cnew

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Cuckoo

by Pulp

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Am7

Chorded By: James Allenby

It might sound funny

Am7 F Fm

But when your heart is nearly-new

C Am Dm

You say I'll try; but never do

G C

I'll try to get there in the end

C Am7

The cuckoo is a pretty bird

F Fm

It sings the sweetest song I've ever heard

C Am Dm

And it reminds me how you stole into my heart

G C

And took everything away

A Am7

[]way

It's outrageous

It's disgraceful

E7 Am

How could we ever have been so tasteful?

F G

I know we said we won't

F G

But you can call me if you want

C G Am

And you know I'm always there

I thought you'd like to know

I still think you are the most

But you left me living here

Married to a ghost

Dm G

Then, it gets so cold at night-time

Dm G

Never knew it got so cold at night-time

Sometimes dreams come true:

F C

One night when the moon is blue

F C

And I may come to you

Am C

With a love that's nearly-new

C Am7

Oh, my love

F Fm

I've tried to love you

C Am

But I guess I'm out of practice

Dm G C

And practicing is Strictly for the birds

C Am7

The cuckoo is a pretty bird

F Fm

It sings the sweetest song I've ever heard

C Am

And it reminds me how you stole into my [Dmheart

G C

And then threw everything away

Am7

And you say:

It's outrageous

It's so shoddy

E7 Am

The way you're making love to someone else's body

F G

And my flesh can go and crawl

F G

Halfway up the bedroom wall

C G Am

And you know I'm always there

I thought you'd like to know

I still think you are the most

But you left me living here

Married to a ghost

Dm G

Then, it gets so cold at night-time

Dm G

Never knew it got so cold at night-time

Sometimes dreams come true:

F C

One night when the moon is blue

F C

And I may come to you

Am C

With a love that's nearly-new

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