Cough Syrup Uke tab by Young The Giant (Baritone Chords)

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

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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

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

Bridge:
# Riff
D baritone chordD -> D7M baritone chordD7M -> D6 baritone chordD6 -> D baritone chordD (↓-↑,↓-↑)
A baritone chordA (↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑)
G baritone chordG -> Gsus2 baritone chordGsus2 -> G baritone chordG -> G5 baritone chordG5 (↓-↑,↓-↑)
A baritone chordA (↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑,↓-↑)

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

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

Verse:
# Riff
D baritone chordD D7M baritone chordD7M D6 baritone chordD6 D baritone chordD A baritone chordA
Life's too short to even care at all oh
G baritone chordG Gsus2 baritone chordGsus2 G baritone chordG G5 baritone chordG5 A baritone chordA
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control.

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

Ending:
#Riff
D baritone chordD D7M baritone chordD7M D6 baritone chordD6 D baritone chordD A baritone chordA
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh,
G baritone chordG Gsus2 baritone chordGsus2 G baritone chordG G5 baritone chordG5 A baritone chordA
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh.

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Uke tab by , 29 Jan 2017

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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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