Colin Meloy – Cupid (Acoustic Sam Cooke Cover)
The Basic Chords
Standard Tuning
D Bm G A7
e|-5---2----3----5--|
B|-7---3----3----5--|
G|-7---4----4----6--|
D|-7---4----5----5--|
A|-5---2----5----7--|
E|----------3----5--|
Intro:
D Bm D Bm
Chorus 1:
D Bm
Cupid, draw back your bow
D G
And let your arrow go
D A7 D A7
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
D Bm
Cupid, please hear my cry
D G
And let your arrow fly
D A7 G D
Straight to my lover's heart for m......e
Verse 1:
D A7
Now, I don't mean to bother you, but I'm in distress
D
There's danger of me losin' all of my happiness
G
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
A7 D
And this you can fix, so...
Chorus 2:
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D Bm
Cupid, draw back your bow
D G
And let your arrow go
D A7 D A7
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
D Bm
Cupid, please hear my cry
D G
And let your arrow fly
D A7 G D
Straight to my lover's heart for m......e
Verse 2:
D A7
Now, Cupid, if your arrow make her love strong for me
D
I promise I will love her until eternity
G
I know, between the two of us, her heart we can steal
A7
Help me if you will, so...
Chorus 3:
D Bm
Cupid, draw back your bow
D G
And let your arrow go
D A7 D A7
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
D Bm
Cupid, please hear my cry
D G
And let your arrow fly
D A7 G D
Straight to my lover's heart for m......e
Coda:
D Bm D
Cupid, don't you hear me calling you?
Bm D
I need you, Cupid
Bm
Help me
(Fade out)
D Bm G A7 D
