Cuckoo's Nest
Cuckoo's Nest
Old-Time
Chords you’ll need to know
A
C
D
G
Chord Chart
Lyrics
Dream, I dream a dream of you
A tiny dancer in a field of blue
A pointed toe Tchaikovsky play
To bend you down so lowly
It's your raven hair that makes me mad
Your insane eyes that make me sad
The California feeling and the Mississippi smile
That makes me come on slowly
It's trying to be real cool and soft
So I won't take the chance and turn you off
And not to get to know you just because of love
That makes me come on slowly
It isn't that I wouldn't want to make it all come true
Oh baby if I had the chance to be alone with you
It's watching how you operate when the chips are down
That makes me come on slowly
Demo Videos
Lessons & Jam-Alongs
Instrument Lessons
Cuckoo's Nest for Banjo! Two Solos!
Banjo Ben Clark
Cuckoo's Nest– Two Guitar Solos!
Banjo Ben Clark
Cuckoo's Nest for Mandolin! Two Solos with Harmony!
Banjo Ben Clark
Cuckoo's Nest // Bluegrass Banjo Lesson
Eli Gilbert Banjo
Cuckoo's Nest - Nickel Creek's version of an Irish Hornpipe - Mandolin Lesson (Advanced)
Mando Mike
Cuckoo's Nest // Fiddle Tutorial
The Tune Project
Cuckoo's Nest | Intermediate Bluegrass Guitar Lesson With Tab
Mike Hedding
Cuckoo's Nest Intermediate Banjo Video Lesson
Mike Hedding
Cuckoo's Nest - Free Mandolin Lessons
FiddlinMikeRolland
Cuckoos Nest: Fiddle Lesson by Casey Willis
FIDDLEVIDEO
About This Song
Cuckoo's Nest is an old-time fiddle tune with deep Appalachian roots that's been adopted into bluegrass repertoire. John Hartford's version helped popularize it as a vocal song, though it's still commonly played as an instrumental at jams.