intro:  guitar only:       F#        E F#        E F#  E   F#
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                        ---2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-2-0-0-2-x-x-x-x-
                        ---3-x-x-x-x-1-3-x-x-x-x-1-3-3-1-1-3-x-x-x-x-
                        ---4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-4-2-2-4-x-x-x-x-
                        ---4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-4-2-2-4-x-x-x-x-
                        ---2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-2-0-0-2-x-x-x-x-

        entire band:     E F#        E F#        E F#  E   F#
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                        -0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-2-0-0-2-x-x-x-x-
                        -1-3-x-x-x-x-1-3-x-x-x-x-1-3-3-1-1-3-x-x-x-x-
                        -2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-4-2-2-4-x-x-x-x-
                        -2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4-4-2-2-4-x-x-x-x-
                        -0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2-2-0-0-2-x-x-x-x-


 D             F#         E F# E F# (to be played like end of intro riff)
Kim was in the air force
     D                   F#   E F# E F#
he dropped fire from the air
A                D
he grabbed that heater
          F#             B
that was sitting in his hand
A           D
he gave it to them
     F#                     B
and put 'em in the foreign sand
         F# E         F#        E F#        E F#
        -2--0---------2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2--
        -2--0---------2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2--
        -3--1---------3-x-x-x-x-1-3-x-x-x-x-1-3--
        -4--2---------4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4--
        -4--2---------4-x-x-x-x-2-4-x-x-x-x-2-4--
        -2--0---------2-x-x-x-x-0-2-x-x-x-x-0-2--
he was one hell of a man


Kim dropped fire on the people
fire on their face and hands
he had their families
their mothers and their kids
he said he'd "Head 'em!"
and that's just what he did


        F#         E        F#
        Everybody loved my cousin Kim
        F#         E        F#
        everybody loved my cousin Kim
        F#         E        F#
        everybody loved my cousin Kim
              D
        they say


play second intro riff


Kim was in St. Louis
at Missouri Inn Hotel
he gave it to them
with that heater in his hand
he put it to them
in the Texas sand
he was one hell of a man ... yeah


instrumental:	2x  A D C# F#


    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say

    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say


play second intro riff


Kim was at the airport
and the faces stared at him
he grabbed that heater
which was burning in his hand
he gave it to them
buried in concrete!


    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say

    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say

    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say

    Everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    everybody loved my cousin Kim
    they say

play second intro riff