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Cough Syrup

Butthole Surfers
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
E------------------------0--|
B----------------------0-0--|
G----------------------1-0--|
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
 Chorus chords are:
Em
E--3---2---0---0--|
B--3---3---1---0--|
G--0---2---0---0--|
D--0---0---2---2--|
A--2-------3---2--|
E--3-----------0--|
 And they go in this order:
I  can't walk so I guess  I'm gonna stay at home
 They can have  my legs just leave  my mail alone
 Repeat Verse/Chorus (extend/repeat 2nd chorus, playing Riff A where Em is)
 Another verse, then this part:
 And I heard  that his brother  was a viking
 He'd like  to solve a problem  with a gun
 etc...... (repeat that part til outro, cello enters overtop towards end)

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Readable chord sheet for Cough Syrup by Butthole Surfers

E------------------------0--|
B----------------------0-0--|
G----------------------1-0--|
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Chorus chords are:

   [G]   [D]   [C]  [Em]
E--3---2---0---0--|
B--3---3---1---0--|
G--0---2---0---0--|
D--0---0---2---2--|
A--2-------3---2--|
E--3-----------0--|

And they go in this order:

[G]I can't walk so I gu[D]ess I'm gonna stay at hom[A]e

They can h[D]ave my legs just l[C]eave my mail al[Em]one

Repeat Verse/Chorus (extend/repeat 2nd chorus, playing Riff A where Em is)

Another verse, then this part:

And I [C]heard that his br[D]other was a v[Em]iking

He'd l[G]ike to solve a pr[D]oblem with a [Em]gun

etc...... (repeat that part til outro, cello enters overtop towards end)

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