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:

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