Artist: Marmalade
Song: Cousin Norman
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd July 2013
Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of A)
The original was played without a capo, and with a walking bassline,
this is a simpler version.
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D4 D D4 D D4
e|--3--|---2---2---2-2---h3-3--|---2---2---2-2---h3-3--|
B|--3--|---3---3---3-3----3-3--|---3---3---3-3----3-3--|
G|--2--|---2---2---2-2----2----|---2---2---2-2----2----|
D|--0--|---0---0---0-----------|---0---0---0-----------|
A|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----|-----------------------|-----------------------|
/ / / /__/ /__/ / / /__/ /__/
D D4 D D4 D
e|---2-2---3-3---2-2---3-3---|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---|
B|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---|
G|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---|
D|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|
/__/ /__/ /__/ /__/ /__/ /__/ /__/ /__/
G A
Through the long grass, past the tall trees,
D
Lies a cabin, nestling in the pines,
G A
And my sweetheart's... catching small fish,
D
With a cane, and a bent hook on a line,
G A Bm
So if you're passing... close by-------, please,
D A G D D/F# D/A D/F# D D/F# D/A D/F#
Come and join us, join our compan - y!
| / / / / | / / / / |
G A
There's my daddy, on the front porch,
D
With a lazy hound lying by his feet,
G A D
And my mama's... in the kitchen, with the table all ready set to eat,
G A Bm
So if you're passing... close by-------, please,
D A G D A G
Come and join us, join our compan - y---------! | / /__/ / /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G D A G
Underneath the sun, and the deep, deep blue sky, | / /__/ / /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G D A G
Even when it rains, and it pours, it's a para - dise! | / /__/ / /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/marmalade/cousin_norman_crd_ver_2.html ]
D/F# D D/F# D
Doo--- y'doo-doo, doo--- y'doo - doo!
D/F# D D/F# D G A
Doo--- y'doo-doo, doo--- y'doo - doo! Doo - doo, d' doo - doo!
D/F# D D/F# D
Doo--- y'doo-doo, doo--- y'doo - doo!
D/F# D D/F# D
Doo--- y'doo-doo, doo--- y'doo - doo!
G A D D7
Doo - doo, d' doo - doo, doo------oo!
G A D
Cousin Norman... comes a - courting, with the same girl every day,
G A
He's got a stammer, like a hammer,
D
You c-can't understand a word that he s-s-says,
G A Bm
So if you're passing... close by-------, please,
D A G D A G
Come and join us, join our compan - y! | / /__/ / /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G D A G
Underneath the sun, and the deep, deep blue sky, | / /__/ / /__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G D A G
Even when it rains, and it pours, it's a para - dise! | /__/__/ /__/__/ | |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G D A G
Underneath the sun, and the deep, deep blue sky, | /__/__/ /__/__/ |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D
Woh---, oh---, oh---, oh----!
D7 (G) (G7)
I just wanna be there,
e |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
B |--3-3-------3-3-------|--3-3-------3-3-------|
G |--0-0-------0-0-------|--0-0-------0-0-------|
D |--0-0----0--0-0--2-0--|-------3-2--0-0----0--|
A |-------2--------------|-----------------2----|
E |----------------------|----------------------|
A G
Even when it rains, and it pours,
D A G D
It's a para - dise! | /__/__/ /__/__/ | / ||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
D4 = xx0233 Bm = x24432 D7 = xx0212
D = xx0232 D/F# = xx4232 G7 = 320001
G = 320022 D/A = xxx232
A = x02220 Dsus2 = xx0230
