Cough Syrup Uke tab by Young The Giant

8 Chords used in the song: D, A, G, Bm, Gsus2, G5, D7M, D6

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Artist: 
Year:  2011
Difficulty: 
4.07
(Intermediate)
Key: DChords
Verse:
D D A A
Life's too short to even care at all,
G G A A
I'm losin' my mind, losin' my mind, losin' control
D D A A
These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me woah,
G G A A
A A wet world aches for a beat of a drum.

Chorus:
Bm Bm
If I could find a way to see this straight
A A
I'd run away
G G Bm Bm A A
To some fortune that I should have found by now
G G Bm Bm A A
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down.

Bridge:
# Riff
D D -> D7M D7M -> D6 D6 -> D D (↓-↑,↓-↑)
A A (↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑)
G G -> Gsus2 Gsus2 -> G G -> G5 G5 (↓-↑,↓-↑)
A A (↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑)

Verse:
D D A A
Life's too short to even care at all oh
G G A A
I'm coming up now, coming up now, out of the blue oh
D D A A
These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart
G G A A
A A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh.

Chorus:
Bm Bm
If I could find a way to see this straight
A A
I'd run away
G G Bm Bm A A
To some fortune that I should have found by now
Bm Bm
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me,
A A
Restore life the way it should be
G G Bm Bm A A
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down.

Verse:
# Riff
D D D7M D7M D6 D6 D D A A
Life's too short to even care at all oh
G G Gsus2 Gsus2 G G G5 G5 A A
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control.

Chorus:
Bm Bm
If I could find a way to see this straight
A A
I'd run away
G G Bm Bm A A
To some fortune that I should have found by now
Bm Bm
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me,
A A
Restore life the way it should be
G G Bm Bm A A
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down.

Ending:
#Riff
D D D7M D7M D6 D6 D D A A
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh,
G G Gsus2 Gsus2 G G G5 G5 A A
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh.

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pixelpeach avatar
It sounds good! I'm not sure if G5 should be there though. It sounds a bit off, so I'm just doing Gsus2 instead.
29 Jan 2018
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The verse feels like it could use another chord in it but still sounds good. The "and so I run now to the things they said could restore me" part in the chorus sounds a little off
29 Jan 2017
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About this song: Cough Syrup

The Cough Syrup Songfacts reports that the song was composed when the band was unsigned and originally appeared on their 2008 Shake My Hand EP.The song was written as a cry for help when the band was broke and didn't know what to do with themselves. Read more on Last.fm.

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