Cuckoo chords by Cass Mccombs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G Em Bm D
Bm D C#m C D
G D Em G Cm

Verse 1:
G    Em Bm D
Dawn in Albany
 Bm     D   C#m C
Statesmen are still asleep
     D
The first noise heard
 G   D  Em G Cm
Through the dew: "cuckoo!"

G      Em  Bm  D
A rattle follows
Bm        D   C#m C
The coroner's office glows
    D  G   D Em G Cm
This is my portrait of you, Cuckoo

Chorus:
B7     Em  G   C#m C
Cuckoo is your given name
B7         Em G   C#m C Cm
Christened in the solitude of Fame

Verse 2:
G   Em    Bm D
Ah! Friends as such!
 Bm      D C#m  C
Whose love is without touch
   D   G   D  Em G Cm
All four horsemen are you: Cuckoo

Instrumental:
G Em Bm D
Bm D C#m C D
G D Em G Cm

Chorus:
B7       Em  G    C#m C
Like Brughel's Miser in the frame
 B7     Em  G   C#m C Cm
Quite literally, you're insane

Verse 3:
G Em Bm D
A cop-out?
Bm       D   C#m C
So flippantly talked about
   D     G   D  Em G
Stand up, here comes your cue...
  Cm
"cuckoo!"

Outro:
G Em Bm D
Bm D C#m C D
G D Em G Cm