Verso 
E                    D           
The misfits are cult rock and roll 
           A               E 
Worshipped by a few but ignored on the whole. 
E                     D 
Meet the Feebles is a film cult classic 
     A                          E 
It’s basically unknown but some say it’s fantastic. 

     E                      D  
Most women that I meet seem totally unphased 
     A                                    E 
’Til sometimes there’s somebody who seems totally amazed. 
          E                    D 
I may not be in magazines as a heart-throb face 
         A                               E 
But in a few devoted hearts I’ve found a strong fanbase. 



[Refrão]

      E                     D 
I'm a cult boyfriend, not a mainstream show 
    A                            E 
I'm lonely or I'm worshiped by a lady in the know 
              E                     D 
When you’re a cult boyfriend life’s always intense 
     A                                E 
They love me or they hate me no one’s on the fence 

Verso 

E               D 
Cerebus is cult comic book series.  
         A                            E 
It’s got fans but it’s never found in movies or in theories. 
E              D 
WFMU is a cult radio station 
       A                         E 
Always tuned to by a few devoted fans around the nation. 

    E                                  D 
For every time I couldn’t get a second date or even first, 
         A                                   E 
Why does one think I’m the best when all the rest think I’m the worst?  
E                            D 
All of those times no one at all wanted to know. 
       A                                E 
If I’m really all that awesome wouldn’t more people think so? 



[Refrão]

        E                     D 
I guess Cult Boyfriend is the term for me,  
            A                E 
It’s always been quality not quantity. 

       E                              D 
A cult boyfriend’s like a record in a bargain bin  
       A                         E 
No one knows its worth ’til a collector comes in. 

 E D A E (x2) 

Verso 

E                      D 
Hmm, who are some cult literary names I could honour? 
A                      E 
Maybe J. G. Ballard or Flannery O’Connor.  
E                          D 
Haggis and fugu, that’s like food for cult eaters.  
A                          E 
Jim Jones, Charles Manson, Father Yod, they’re cult leaders.  

E                        D 
Anyways the point being, do I have to magical?  
A                                           E 
Can’t we date a few months and then move on normal and casual? 
E                         D 
Suicidally alone and then totally smothered ’ 
             A                               E 
It’s so much pressure when you go from one extreme to the other.  



[Refrão]

        E                     D 
I guess Cult Boyfriend is the term for me.  
            A                 E 
It’s always been quality not quantity. 
       E                              D 
A cult boyfriend’s like a record in a bargain bin: 
       A                      E 
No one knows its worth ’til a collector comes in. 

      E                     D 
I'm a cult boyfriend, not a mainstream show.  
    A                             E 
I'm lonely or I'm worshipped by a lady in the know.  
              E                     D 
When you’re a cult boyfriend life’s always intense. 
     A                                E 
They love me or they hate me no one’s on the fence  

 E D A E (x2) 

Final
    E                                      D                       
And this song probably ain’t gonna go very far beyond an open mic. 
A                                    E 
It’s guaranteed though, two or three people are really gonna like it. 

   E