The Cuckoo Bird chords by Peter Rowan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Oh,  (E minor) the cuckoo,
she's a pretty bird
D 
Em 
She warbles  (D major) as she flies  (E minor) 
But she never hollers cuckoo
D 
Em 
Till the fourth  (D major) day of July  (E minor) 
I've played cards in Kingston
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D 
G 
I've  (G major) played cards in  (D major) Port -au  (G major) -Prince
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Em 
Am 
And  (D major) I'll  (E minor) bet you your last dol (A minor) lar,
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Em 
I'll beat  (D major) you next game  (E minor) 
Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird
D 
Em 
She warbles  (D major) as she flies  (E minor) 
But you never heard Harler's cuckoo
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Em 
Till the fourth  (D major) day of Ju (E minor) ly
Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds
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D 
I know  (G major) you of old  (D major) 
Em 
Am 
You have robbed  (E minor) me of my sil (A minor) ver
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Em 
Of my sil (D major) ver and my gold  (E minor) 
Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird
D 
Em 
She warbles  (D major) as she flies  (E minor) 
But she never hollers cuckoo
D 
Em 
D 
Em 
till the fourth  (D major) day of Ju (E minor) ly   (D major)  (E minor) 
I'm gonna build me a log cabin
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D 
In the mountains  (G major) so high  (D major) 
Em 
Am 
Where the  (E minor) wild birds and  (A minor) turtledoves
D 
Em 
can hear  (D major) my sad  (E minor) cry
Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird
D 
Em 
She warbles  (D major) as she flies  (E minor) 
But she never hollers cuckoo
D 
Em 
D 
till the fourth  (D major) day of July  (E minor)  (D major) 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
D 
Em 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
So  (D major)  (E minor) You