My perfect cousin     (1980)    (video)

 

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1. Now I‘ve got a cousin called Kevin, who‘s sure to go to heaven,

     F                           C                               F                         C

    always spotless, clean and neat, as smooth as you can get ‘em.

                      G                            D                G                             D

    He‘s got a fur lined sheepskin jacket, my ma said they cost a packet,

      F                      C

    she won‘t even let me explain

             F                              C

    that me and Kevin, we‘re just not the same.

 

         G               D                G                      D

Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !

   G                        C                         Bm                D

He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s little golden boy.

 

                          G               D                         G                D  

2. He‘s got degrees in economics, maths, physics and bionics,

            F                       C                           F                        C

    he thinks that I‘m a cabbage, ‘cause I hate University challenge.

     G                            D                G                                    D  

    Even at the age of ten, smart  Kevin was a smart boy then,

           F                                   C

    He always beat me at subbuteo,

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    cause he flicked a kick and I didn‘t know.

 

         G               D                G                      D

Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !

   G                        C                         Bm                D

He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s little golden boy.

 

+  F - C  - F - C    - Bb - F - Bb - F    - C ~ ~

 

              G                                        D

3. His mother bought him a synthesiser,

                   G                                 D

    got the Human League in to advise her.

        F                        C

    Now he‘s making lots of noise,

        F                              C

    playing along with the art School boys.

       G                                 D

    Girls try to attract his attention,

               G                                    D

    but what a shame, it‘s in vain, total rejection !

      F                       C

    He will never be left on the shelf,

                   F                  C

    ‘cause Kevin, he‘s in love with himself.

 

         G               D                G                      D

Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !

   G                        C                         Bm                D

He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s little golden boy.

 

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(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Undertones)