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(Spoken no chords)
N.C.
"Hey Jimmy, you know anybody in Miami that
N.C.
can get me a passport Real quick?"
N.C.
"Oh yeah, yeah man. I've got a cousin up there. He knows
N.C.
Everything about everything.
Bb Cmaj7Let's see if I've got his number
Bb6 F7 Bb6Here somewhere, yeah. No, he works out of a payphone... oh yeah.
B6 BbI've got it here. Okay. Today's international investor,
Bb F7Whatever that is. Yeah, everybody's got a cousin in Miami. Here
BbWe go."
[Verse]
F7It was was ninety miles to freedom
F7But they took the risk
BbThough ocean was all motion
BbAnd the wind was brisk
Bb F7The deadly gunboats never saw them
F7In the pale moonlight
F7 BbThey were off to Cayo Hueso
BbBy the dawn's early light
F7The gringo in the garden called the custom's man
B6They answered all his questions
B6Were allowed to land
F7The ladies shared a hairbrush
F7And their husbands had a Coke
Bbmaj7And they were taken up to Krome
Bbmaj7 BbTo meet with their kin folk
[Chorus]
F Bb6Everybody's got a cousin in Miami
Bb6 F(Everybody's got a cousin in Miami)
F Bbmaj7 Bb6Everybody understands the impromptu
FDancing in the heat to the beat
F B6That turns your clothing clammy (ooooohhhhh)
F F9 Bb6Everybody needs to have a dream come true
[Verse]
F7In a third world jungle
F7Not so far away
F7 Bbmaj7Lives a natural drummer
Bbmaj7With a dream to play
Bbmaj7 F7He's the brother of the lizard
F7And the flying fish
BbBut he's enchanted by the pictures
BbFrom the satellite dish
Bb F7So his mama packs his bag
F7Knots his red neck tie
BbSend him north to her relations
BbWith a kiss goodbye
F7He's bewildered by the plane ride
F7And the immigration line
BbUntil he sees his Christian name
BbUpon a cardboard sign
[Verse]
F Bb6Everybody's got a cousin in Miami
Bb6 F(Everybody's got a cousin in Miami)
F BbEverybody is an aborigine
FDancing in the heat to the beat
F B6That turns your clothing clammy (ooooohhhhh)
F Bb6Everybody want to win that lottery
[Instrumental]
(Spoken)
Bb F7"And the winning numbers are.
Bb Eb F7 Bb A7 Bb... 7, 6, 5, 3, 7, 9. Uh, close, so close
Bb Eb F7 Bb A7 Bb
Bb Eb F7 Bb A7
Bb Eb F7 Bb A7
Bb Dbmaj7 EbHistory lesson, history lesson."
[Bridge]
F BbIt's hard to believe this city started as a trading post
Eb F Bb Am Gm CHome to the Seminole pirate and pioneer
C C7 FBetween the river of grass and the old mosquito coast
C7 Am FBefore the railroad claimed the southernmost frontier
[Verse]
F7I Am umbilically connected to the temperate zone
G BbIt brought me life, it brought me love
Bb FI never have outgrown
F BbBrought me one too many nights along that Biscayne shore
Bb F7And one too many mornings in the Grove drugstore
[Verse]
F7And one way or the other we're all refugees
BbLivin' out this easy life below the banyan trees
F F7Smoothing off the rougher edges of the culture clash
F7 BbWe've got a style we've got a look
Bb C9We've got that old panache
[Chorus]
F BbEverybody's got a cousin in Miami
Bb6 F(Everybody's got a cousin in Miami)
F Bb6Everybody understands the impromptu
FDancing in the heat to the beat
F B6That turns your clothing clammy (ooooohhhhh)
F Bb6Everybody needs to have a dream or two
[Instrumental]
(Spoken)
Bb F7 Bb"I do, I do. Let's take it down boys.
F7 Bb GmDown south to those little latitudes.
F7 Bb6 F9 F7 Cm Gmaj7 Bb6
Bb6 Ya ya, ya ya.
Bb6 F7 Bb6 F
Bb6Thank you Robert.
[Chorus]
F BbEverybody's got a cousin in Miami
Bb F(Everybody's got a cousin in Miami)
F BbEverybody is an aborigine
F F7 BbDancing in the heat to the beat
Bb FIt turns your clothing clammy (ooooohhhhh)
F BbUnder the stars in the bars down by the sea
BbOh me now
[Chorus]
F BbEverybody's got a cousin in Miami
Bb F(Everybody's got a cousin in Miami)
F Bb6Everybody has to have that impromptu
(Spoken)
F7"What are we doing now?"
F7Dancing in the heat to the beat
F Am F BbIt turns your clothing clammy (ooooohhhhh)
F BbEverybody needs to have a dream come true
[Bridge]
(Spoken)
Bb Gm F7"I do. I do. I had this dream the other day. I was down on the
Bb Eb F7Equator. I didn't know whether I was up or down. I couldn't
F7 Am7 BbTell the difference. It was hot and we were rockin'. And the
Bb Bbmaj7 F7 Bbmaj7 F7 BbCoral Reefers gathered around me and they said: We want a raise
Bb Eb F7 GmOr we're going to quit. And that's when I woke up. So play
BbBoys, play."
[Outro]
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