Cupid

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