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Cousin Kevin | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy, 1969
Written by John Entwistle (c)1969 New Ikon Music Ltd.
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Previous transcription by:
Mike (sef@icbr.ufl.edu) -- original compilation on Nevada
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transcribed by Whotabs
litgo@aol.com rev 1999-06-03 www.thewho.net/whotabs
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[Note: Two guitars, one playing the descending riff (tabbed)
and the other strumming chords, listed below.]
Ab7sus4 xx 11 11 9 (9)
Db xx 11 10 9 (9)
G7sus4 xx 10 10 8 x
C xx 10 9 8 (8)
F#7sus4 xx997x
B xx987(7)
F7sus4 xxx 10 11 11 (first verse) xx886x (second verse)
Bb xxx 10 11 10 (first verse) xx8766 (second verse)
E7sus4 xxx 9 10 10 (first verse) xx775x (second verse)
A xxx 9 10 9 (first verse) xx7655 (second verse)
Ab7 xx 10 11 9 x (second verse)
G7 xx 9 10 8 x (second verse)
F#7 xx897x (second verse)
F7 xx796x (second verse)
E7 xx685x (second verse)
[INTRO]
Ab7sus4 Db
e|-----------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|
d|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
a|-9---9---9---9---|-8---8---8---8---|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab7sus4 Db
e|-----------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|
d|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
a|-9---9---9---9---|-8---8---8---8---|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
We're on our ooooooooown
Db Ab7sus4
e |-----------------|-----------------|
b |-----------------|-----------------|
g |-----------------|-----------------|
d |---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
a |-8---8---8---8---|-9---9---9---9---|
e |-----------------|-----------------|
Db Ab7sus4 Db
Cousin. All al-ooooooone, Cousin Let's
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
a|-8---8---8---8---|-9---9---9---9---|-8---8---8---8---|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G7sus4 C G7sus4
think of a game to play now the grown ups have all gone
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
g|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
a|-8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---7---|-8---8---8---8---|
e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C F#7sus4
away. You won't be much fun being
e|-----------------|----------------------|
b|-----------------|----------------------|
g|-----------------|----------------------|
d|---5---5---5---5-|----4-----4---4-----4-|
a|-7---7---7---7---|-7-----7----7----7----|
e|-----------------|----------------------|
B F#7sus4 B
blind deaf and dumb but I've no-one to play with today. Do you
e|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
b|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
g|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
d|----4------4-----4-----4----|---4---4---4---4---|---4---4---4---4-|
a|-6------6-----6-----6-------|-7---7---7---7-----|-6---6---6---6---|
e|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
F7sus4 Bb F7sus4
know how to play 'hide and seek'? To find me it would take you a
e|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
g|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|----3-----3------3----3---|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
a|-6-----6-----6-----6------|-5---5---5---5---|-6---6---6---6---|
e|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb E7sus4
week. But tied to that chair you won't
e|-----------------|---------------------------|
b|-----------------|---------------------------|
g|-----------------|---------------------------|
d|---3---3---3---3-|----2------2-----2-----2---|
a|-5---5---5---5---|-5-----5------5-----5------|
e|-----------------|---------------------------|
A E7sus4 A
go anywhere. There's a lot I can do with a freak.
e|-----------------------|-------------------|-------|
b|-----------------------|-------------------|-------|
g|-----------------------|-------------------|-------|
d|---2----2-----2----2---|---2---2---2---2---|-2-----|
a|-4----4----4----4------|-5---5---5---5-----|-4-----|
e|-----------------------|-------------------|-------|
[CHORUS]
F |Dm |F |Db |
How would you feel if I turned on the bath
Bb |C |Db | |
Ducked your head under and started to laugh?
F |Dm |F |Db
What would you do if I shut you outside
|Bb |C |Db |Dm |C |Db
To stand in the rain and catch cold so you die--ie--ied?
|F (E) Eb (D) |Db |F (E) Eb (D) |Db
I'm the schoo--oo--ool bully. The cla--ass roo-oom cheat.
|F (E) Eb(D)|Db |F (E) Eb (D) |Db
The na-aa-astiest playfriend you ev----er could meet.
|F (E) Eb(D) |Db |F (E) Eb (D) |Db
I'll stick pi--ins in your fingers and tre--ead on your feet.
[repeat INTRO]
| Ab7sus4 | Db | Ab7sus4 | Db
[second VERSE]
Ab7sus4 Db
We're on our own, cousin
Ab7 Db
All alone, cousin
G7sus4 C
Let's think of a game to play
G7 C
Now the grown-ups have all gone away
F#7sus4 B
You won't be much fun being blind, deaf and dumb
F#7 B
But I've no one to play with today.
F7sus4 Bb
Do you know how to play hide-and-seek?
F7 Bb
To find me it would take you a week
E7sus4 A
But tied to that chair you won't go anywhere
E7 A
There's a lot I can do with a freak
[repeat CHORUS]
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
Would change your expression to one of alarm.
I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair
Or give you a push at the top of the sta-aa-airs.
I'm the scho--oo--ool bully. The cla--asro-oom cheat.
The na--asti--iest playfriend you ev----er could meet.
I'll put gla--ass in your dinner and spi--ikes in your seat.
[repeat INTRO]
| Db | Ab7sus4 | Db | Ab7sus4 | Db
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