Cuckoo's Nest
intermediate
Cuckoo's Nest
Old-Time
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Chord Chart
A x2
DD
AA
CC
GG
DD
D
G
AA
DD
B and Vocals x2
DD
DD
CC
CC
DD
D
G
AA
DD
Chords used:
A
C
D
G
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
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.