Thats Your Cousin

	  		 
  

Intro: D  G   E  A 

Verse 

           D                             G 
I'm from a little country town where the sky is blue 
       A                          D 
Friday nights around here ain't a whole lot to do 
                        G 
So I went and called up sweet Becky Lou 
        A                          A/E 
Said, " How'd you like to go for a drive?" 

  D                           G 
I took her in my truck to the railroad tracks 
A                     D 
Lit a cozy fire for a little romance 
                          G 
I sang her a song and she reached for my hand 
     A                             A/E 
When daddy busted outta the woods, he said 

 
              D                   G 
Stop it right there, hands in the air 
                 A                           D 
We think there's somethin' you kids ought to know 
                                               G 
Ya scared your momma half to death, we've been searchin' the sticks 
          A                          A/E 
Tryin' to find you and dang that was close 
    D                             G 
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed 
              A                        D 
But she's the daughter of an uncle re- lated to you 
                                       G 
You might not wanna go swimmin' in the same gene pool 
         A                    D      G A D 
Don't be touchin', tha's your cousin 
  

            D                          G 
I turned a- round to look at Becky and she looked at me 
             A                        D 
We broke the law of attraction almost instantly 
                              G 
Her pretty brown hair went to ugly and green 
    A                   A/E 
And she gave me my coat back 

   D                       G 
So we packed it in but the night was young 
              A                              D 
She said, "If you don't mind, I'd still like to have fun 
                                       G 
There's a show called 'Deliverance' on re-run 
A                   A/E 
Down at the cinema" 

 
              D                   G 
Stop it right there, hands in the air 
                 A                           D 
We think there's somethin' you kids ought to know 
                                               G 
Ya scared your momma half to death, we've been searchin' the sticks 
          A                          A/E 
Tryin' to find you and dang that was close 
    D                             G 
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed 
              A                        D 
But she's the daughter of an uncle re- lated to you 
                                       G 
You might not wanna go swimmin' in the same gene pool 
         A                    G 
Don't be touchin', tha's your cousin 


Instrumental: D   G  D   G  D   A  

 
              D                   G 
Stop it right there, hands in the air 
                 A                           D 
We think there's somethin' you kids ought to know 
                                               G 
Ya scared your momma half to death, we've been searchin' the sticks 
          A                          A/E 
Tryin' to find you and dang that was close 
    D                             G 
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed 
              A                        D 
But she's the daughter of an uncle re- lated to you 
                                   G 
We need a little seperation in the our gene pool 
         A                    G      D G A D 
Don't be touchin', tha's your cousin 
  

Outro 

      D                         G 
Well, I ran into Becky just the other day 
       A                 D 
At the new online inter- net café 
                               G                     A       D 
She was lookin' for a man from the Ukraine --- on e- Harmony