Doc Watson – The Cuckoo Bird (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm F Gm [Verse 1]
Gm
Gonna build me a log cabin

             F   Gm
On a mountain so high

Gm
So I can see Willi

           F        Gm
As she goes walking by
[Chorus]
Gm
Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

                 F       Gm
Lord, she warbles as she flies

Gm
She'll never say cuckoo

                   F   Gm
Till the fourth day of July
[Instrumental] Gm F Gm [Verse 2]
Gm
Well, I've played cards in ol' England

Gm              F        Gm
And I've gambled over in Spain

Gm
And I'll bet you ten dollars

                  F     Gm
That I'll beat you next game
[Hummed verse]
Gm
Mm-mmm, aa-aah,

       F      Gm
Mm-mmm, mm-mm-mmm

Gm
Mm-mmm, mm-mmm,

      F       Gm
Mm-mmm, mm-mm-mmm
[Instrumental] Gm F Gm [Verse 3]
Gm
My horses, they ain't hungry

                  F     Gm
and they won't eat your hay.

Gm
I'll drive on just a little further

             F                Gm
wonderin' why you treat me this way.
[Alternate Chorus]
Gm
Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

                 F       Gm
Lord, she warbles as she flies

Gm
She'll cause you never no trouble

               F   Gm
She'll tell you no lies
[Instrumental] Gm D7 Gm [Verse 4]
Gm
There's a-one thing that's been a puzzle

             F            Gm
Since the day that time began

Gm
A man's love for, for his woman

                  F        Gm
And her sweet love for her man
[Chorus 1]
Gm
Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird

                 F       Gm
Lord, she warbles as she flies

Gm
She'll never say cuckoo

                    F   Gm
Till that fourth day of July
[Instrumental] Gm F Gm