Chords for Houndmouth - My Cousin Greg (Live on KEXP)
Tempo:
87.7 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] One, two, three, four.
[F#] [B] My [E] cousin Greg, well he's a greedy son of a bitch.
He's [F#] making his way from Florida [B] up to LA, ooh.
He left [E] the Tropicana, up past school Louisiana.
He laughs [F#] hard and carries on, but he [B] can barely stand.
[C#m] [B]
[F#] [B] All his physicists are funny.
[C#m] They all wear the snow white [E] coats.
He's got to shield [F#] the elements from [B] their light.
Greg's companion and [C#m]
he [E] lives his life
vicariously [F#] through his [B]
mathematics.
If you want to live [C#]
good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
If you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away [B] from the limelight.
[C#m] [G#m] [B]
[F#] [B] Did he call him Roland James?
[G#m]
He's got a [E] heart that's [G#m] made of brains.
[E] He fell in love [F#] once, he caught a bat in that [B] poor day.
So hey, Dave, [C#] where'd you go [C#m] last night?
He says, I don't know,
but I woke [F#] up with a pocket [B] full of news.
If you want to live good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
If you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
[C#m] [G#m] [B]
[F#] [B] Hey Greg, where'd [C#m] one of your shoes go?
[E] You looked at me and said,
[F#]
[B] please don't [C#] you point your four [E]-time ray [F#] gun at me.
Oh, [B] if you want to live,
[C#m] well [E] you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] if you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[F#] [B]
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[F#] [B] My [E] cousin Greg, well he's a greedy son of a bitch.
He's [F#] making his way from Florida [B] up to LA, ooh.
He left [E] the Tropicana, up past school Louisiana.
He laughs [F#] hard and carries on, but he [B] can barely stand.
[C#m] [B]
[F#] [B] All his physicists are funny.
[C#m] They all wear the snow white [E] coats.
He's got to shield [F#] the elements from [B] their light.
Greg's companion and [C#m]
he [E] lives his life
vicariously [F#] through his [B]
mathematics.
If you want to live [C#]
good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
If you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away [B] from the limelight.
[C#m] [G#m] [B]
[F#] [B] Did he call him Roland James?
[G#m]
He's got a [E] heart that's [G#m] made of brains.
[E] He fell in love [F#] once, he caught a bat in that [B] poor day.
So hey, Dave, [C#] where'd you go [C#m] last night?
He says, I don't know,
but I woke [F#] up with a pocket [B] full of news.
If you want to live good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
If you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
[C#m] [G#m] [B]
[F#] [B] Hey Greg, where'd [C#m] one of your shoes go?
[E] You looked at me and said,
[F#]
[B] please don't [C#] you point your four [E]-time ray [F#] gun at me.
Oh, [B] if you want to live,
[C#m] well [E] you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] if you want to live [C#m] good life,
[E] well you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[F#] [B]
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[N]
Key:
B
F#
E
C#m
G#m
B
F#
E
[B] _ One, two, three, four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] My [E] cousin Greg, well he's a greedy son of a bitch.
He's [F#] making his way from Florida [B] up to LA, ooh.
_ He left [E] the Tropicana, up past school Louisiana.
He laughs [F#] hard and carries on, but he [B] can barely _ stand. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] All his physicists are funny.
[C#m] They all wear the snow white [E] coats.
He's got to shield [F#] the elements from [B] their light.
_ _ Greg's companion and [C#m]
he [E] lives his life
vicariously [F#] through his [B]
mathematics.
_ _ If you want to live [C#]
good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
_ _ If you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away [B] from the limelight. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] Did he call him Roland James?
[G#m]
He's got a [E] heart that's [G#m] made of brains.
[E] He fell in love [F#] once, he caught a bat in that [B] poor day.
_ _ So hey, Dave, _ [C#] where'd you go [C#m] last night?
He says, I don't know,
but I woke [F#] up with a pocket [B] full of news.
_ _ If you want to live good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
_ If you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] Hey Greg, where'd [C#m] one of your shoes go?
[E] You looked at me and said,
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ please don't [C#] you point your four [E]-time ray [F#] gun at _ me.
Oh, _ [B] if you want to live,
[C#m] _ _ well [E] you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] _ _ _ if you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] My [E] cousin Greg, well he's a greedy son of a bitch.
He's [F#] making his way from Florida [B] up to LA, ooh.
_ He left [E] the Tropicana, up past school Louisiana.
He laughs [F#] hard and carries on, but he [B] can barely _ stand. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] All his physicists are funny.
[C#m] They all wear the snow white [E] coats.
He's got to shield [F#] the elements from [B] their light.
_ _ Greg's companion and [C#m]
he [E] lives his life
vicariously [F#] through his [B]
mathematics.
_ _ If you want to live [C#]
good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
_ _ If you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away [B] from the limelight. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] Did he call him Roland James?
[G#m]
He's got a [E] heart that's [G#m] made of brains.
[E] He fell in love [F#] once, he caught a bat in that [B] poor day.
_ _ So hey, Dave, _ [C#] where'd you go [C#m] last night?
He says, I don't know,
but I woke [F#] up with a pocket [B] full of news.
_ _ If you want to live good [E] life,
well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight.
_ If you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away from [B] the limelight. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] Hey Greg, where'd [C#m] one of your shoes go?
[E] You looked at me and said,
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ please don't [C#] you point your four [E]-time ray [F#] gun at _ me.
Oh, _ [B] if you want to live,
[C#m] _ _ well [E] you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] _ _ _ if you want to live [C#m] good life,
_ [E] well you better [F#] stay away from the,
[B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _