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Cousin Kevin (Soundtrack) – guitar tab

Cousin Kevin (Soundtrack) | guitar tab
By The Who
>From Tommy (Soundtrack), 1974
Written by John Entwistle, ©1969 & 1975, New Ikon Music Ltd.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Transcribed by:
Artyom (art98krolik@mail.ru)


2014-01-01                      Whotabs                 www.thewho.net/whotabs/

[Intro]:
                                                x2
||----8----8----8----8--|----9----9----9----9--||
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We're on our own,        cousin, 
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All alone                cousin             Let's
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  think of a game to play            Now the
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  grownups have all gone away          You
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|----8----8----8----8--|------8\----------|
|-10---10---10---10----|-9----------------|
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 won't be much fun being blind, deaf and dumb But I've
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|--9----9----9----9----|--8----8----8----8----|
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  no one to play with today      Do you
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|-9---9---9---9----|-8---8---8---8----|
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  know how to play hide and seek?       To find
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 me, it would take you a week              But
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tied to that chair you won't go anywhere
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|--7----7----7----7----|--6----6----6----6----|
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There's a lot I can do to a freak
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|----5----5----5----5--|------5-----|
|--7----7----7----7----|--6---------|
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[Chorus 1]:
|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      |
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
      |Bb          |C           |Db     |Dm  |C  |Db 
Would change your expression to one of ala--a--a--arm

          |F  E  Eb  D |Db
I'm the schoo--oo--ool bully!
    |F  E  Eb  D |Db
The cla--assroom cheat
   |F  E  Eb  D |Db
The na-asti-est playfriend
   |F  E  Eb  D |Db
You e-ever could meet
         |F  E  Eb  D |Db
I'll put glass in your dinner
    |F  E  Eb  D  |Db
And spikes in your seat

[String bridge]:
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|-------------------|---------15---|
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[Chorus 2]:
     |F        |Dm        |F          |Db      |
I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair
    |Bb        |C          |Db        |        |
And give you a push at the top of the stairs
|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
I'm the schoo--oo--ool bully!
    |F  E  Eb  D |Db
The cla--assroom cheat
   |F  E  Eb  D |Db
The na-asti-est playfriend
   |F  E  Eb  D |Db
You e-ever could meet
           |F  E  Eb D |Db
I'll stick pins in your fingers
    |F  E  Eb  D  |Db
And tread on your feet

[Re-Intro]:

                                                We're on our
  [strings]:
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|----11-----------------------|-10--------10-11--13---------|
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| [piano]:                    |                             |
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|---(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-|---(14)---(14)---(14)---(14)-|
|-11h13--11h13--11h13--11h13--|-10h13--10h13--10h13--10h13--|
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  own,                                cousin,
|-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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|---(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-|---(14)---(14)---(14)---(14)-|
|-11h13--11h13--11h13--11h13--|-10h13--10h13--10h13--10h13--|
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All alone,                      cousin                 We've 
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|---(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-|---(14)---(14)---(14)---(14)-|
|-11h13--11h13--11h13--11h13--|-10h13--10h13--10h13--10h13--|
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  thought of some nice games to  play                 While the
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|---(12)---(12)---(12)---(12)-|---(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-|
|-10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--|--9h12---9h12---9h12---9h12--|
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  grownups   has   all   gone   away                    You
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|---(12)---(12)---(12)---(12)-|---(13)---(13)---(13)---(13)-|
|-10h12--10h12--10h12--10h12--|--9h12---9h12---9h12---9h12--|
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weren't too much fun 'Cause you're blind, deaf and dumb But I've 
|14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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|---(11)---(11)---(11)---(11)-|---(12)---(12)---(12)---(12)-|
|--9h11---9h11---9h11---9h11--|--8h11---8h11---8h11---8h11--|
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   no one to play with today
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|---(10)---(10)---(10)---(10)-|
|--8h10---8h10---8h10---8h10--|
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|---7---7---7---7--|---6---6---6---6--|---7---7---7---7--|---6---6---6---6--|------------|
|---7---7---7---7--|---7---7---7---7--|---7---7---7---7--|---7---7---7---7--|------------|
|-8---8---8---8----|-9---9---9---9----|-8---8---8---8----|-9---9---9---9----|-8----------|
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