Cough Syrup Chords

by Young the Giant
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 2nd fret
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1 contributor total, last edit on Feb 1, 2017
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Chords

C
CM7
C6
F
G
Am

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From the Album “Young the Giant” - 2010
 
Chords   EADGBe
C        x32010
CM7      x32000
C6       x32200
F        xx3211
G        320003
Am       x02210
 
CAPO 2
 
[INTRO]
   C       CM7     C6      CM7     G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---0---0-----------------0------0---------------------------|
G|-------0---0---0-2---2-0---0-2----------0-2---2---0---0-----------|
D|---2---------------3----------------3-------3---3---3---3--2--3---|
A|-3----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3--------------------------------|
 
   F                                 G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0---0---1---1---3---3-----------0---1---1----3~----------|
G|-----2-------------------------------0----------------------------|
D|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1---------------------------------3-------3---3---3---~----------|
 
 
[VERSE 1]
C          CM7           C6      CM7   G
Life’s too short to even care at all - whoa-oh
F                                             G
I’m losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
      C                                            G
These fishes in the sea they’re staring at me - oh whoa-oh oh whoa-oh oh
F                                        G
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum - whoa-oh
 
 
[CHORUS]
           Am
If I could find a way to see this straight
    G
I’d run away
                     F
To some fortune that I-I
       Am            G
Should have found by now
                 F         Am            G
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down (come down)
 
[GUITAR SOLO]
   C                    G                   F               G
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1-0-0--------------0-0-------------------------0-0-1-1-----0-0--1-1-3----|
G|---------2-2--0---0-2------2-2-0-0------------2-2---------0-0---------------|
D|-----------------------------------3-2-0--3-3-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[VERSE 2]
C                                      G
Life’s too short to even care at all - whoa-oh
    F                                        G
I’m coming up now, coming up now, out of the blue - oh-oh oh-oh
      C                                                     G
These zombies in the park they’re looking for my heart - oh whoa-oh oh whoa-oh oh
  F                                          G
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun - whoa-oh
 
 
[CHORUS]
Am
If I could find a way to see this straight
    G
I’d run away
                     F          Am            G
To some fortune that I-I should have found by now
                                                 Am
And so I run right to the things they said could restore me
                 G
Restore life the way it should be
                     F     Am            G
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down
 
 
[VERSE 3]
C                                      G
Life’s too short to even care at all – whoa-oh
F                                             G
I’m losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
 
 
[BRIDGE] - 24 bars
   C       G       F     G       C       G       F      G   C      G      F     G
e|----------------------------|--------------3-0----------|--------5-3----8-----10--|
B|-1---3-5-0---1-3-----0-1-0--|--1---3-5-0-----------1-0--|-1-3-5-------------------|
G|-----------------2----------|------------------2--------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
[CHORUS]
           Am
If I could find a way to see this straight
    G
I’d run away
                     F               Am       G
To some fortune that I-I should have found by now
                                             Am
So I run right to the things they said could restore me
                 G
Restore life the way it should be
                     F     Am         G
I’m waiting for this cough syrup to come down
 
 
[OUTRO]
C        CM7            C6      CM7   G
One more spoon of cough syrup   now - whoa-ohh
F                                        G
One more spoon of cough syrup now - whoa-oh
 
 
END
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2 comments
rautakallio
Note: C6 chord is actually CM7Add6 but UG doesn't highlight that chord. Just leave the B string open.
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fbgb
Nice one good to get the hooky progression. Works quite well in D this one too
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