The Cuckoo chords by Jean Ritchie

SimplifiedD · C# · Dsus4 · A

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D
C#
Dsus4
A

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Oh, the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,
she sings as she flies.
She brings us glad tidings
and she tells us no lies.
She sucks all pretty flowers
C# 
to make her voice  (C sharp major) clear
D 
And she never sings  (D major) cuckoo till
C# 
D 
the spring of the  (C sharp major) year  (D major) 
Come all you young women,
C# 
take warning by  (C sharp major) me
D 
Never  (D major) place your affections
Dsus4 
D 
 (Dsus4) on       the  (D major) love of a man
For the roots they will wither,
the branches decay
C# 
D 
Dsus4 
 (C sharp major) He'll  (D major) turn his back on  (Dsus4) you
D 
and he'll walk  (D major) square away
If you do forsake me I will not be forsworn
C# 
D 
An (C sharp major) d they'll  (D major) all be mistaken
Dsus4 
D 
if  (Dsus4)  (D major) they think
that I'll mourn
For I'll get myself up in
some higher degree
C# 
D 
 (C sharp major) And I'll walk as light  (D major) by him
C# 
D 
as he  (C sharp major) can by me  (D major) 
Dsus4 
Oh, the cuckoo, she's  (Dsus4) a pretty bird
D 
She sings  (D major) as she flies
She brings us glad tidings
Dsus4 
D 
C# 
A 
D 
 (Dsus4) And       (D major) she tells us no  (C sharp major) lies  (A major)  (D major) 
She sucks up pretty flowers
to make her voice clear
C# 
C# 
D 
 (C sharp major) An  d she  (C sharp major) nev er  (D major) sings cuckoo
C# 
till the spring of the  (C sharp major) year