When The Cuckoo... Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[A]It was [D]early in the morning, oh,
[G]when the cuckoo crow flu[D]ttered
It was [G]early in the morning
When the cuckoo [D]crowed for day
You know I [A]got up and looked
out the window
[G]And I seen my little sweet
thing [D]walk [A]away
[D]I was beggin', baby,
please don't leave me
[G]Oh, little girl, don't make me [D]cry
I was beggin', [G]baby,
please don't leave me
Oh, sweet thing,
please don't make [D]me cry
Hey, she looked [A]back over her
shoulder and she told me,
[G]My man, I don't care if you[D] die[A]
You know [D]it's so hard when
your woman leave you
[G]And the little girl leave you on [D]her own
It's so [G]hard when the little girl leaves
Oh yes, and [D]she'll leave you on her own
You go [A]home feelin' very happy
An[G]d you don't find nothin'
but [D]just a empty
room
[A]Yeah, you see[D], dialed my telephone I[G]
got my mother [D]-in -law on the line
[G]I dialed my telephone,
I got my mother -in -law on [D]the line
I told [A]her that baby was gone,
she said uh -huh
[G]But little boy, you know that ain't no
fault [D]of [A]mine[D][G][D]
[G]
[D][A]
[G][D]
[A]
I got a [D]letter early this [G]mornin'
Yes, [C]it came [G]just about the break of [D]day
I got a letter [G]early this morning
Let me tell you it came
just about the [D]break
of day
You see my little woman
[A]told me [D]don't worry
no more
[G]She said look out baby
I'm on my [D]way[A]
[D]Hello, hello, hello, baby
[G]Let me tell you, baby,
you sure is a [D]welcome home
[G]Hello, hello, hello, little sweet thing
Let me tell you, you sure
is a wel[D]come home
You can [A]have a little imagination,
sweet thing
[G]About how much I missed
you while [D]you was

[Outro 1]
gone.
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