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The Werewolf

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Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
D5    x-x-0-2-3-x
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
B5    x-2-4-4-x-x
Bsus2 x-2-4-4-2-x
G#11  3-x-0-0-2-x
G5    3-x-0-0-x-x
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[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | %
 (percussion only)
[Verse]
N.C.
Milwaukee man led a fairly decent life
       N.C.
Made a fairly decent living
      N.C.
Had a fairly decent wife
N.C.
  She killed him ... ah, sushi knife
N.C.
Now they’re shopping
      N.C.
For a fairly decent afterlife
[Chorus]
[     D5      D   Dsus2   D5]
  Oooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh
[      G   Aaug   D]
  Oooh, ooh, ooh
    N.C.
The werewolf is coming
[     D5      D   Dsus2   D5]
  Oooh, ooh, ooh,  ooh
[  D5]
  Oooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse]
    N.C.
The fact is most obits are mixed reviews
N.C.
Life is a lottery
  N.C.
A lot of people lose
        N.C.
And the winners, the grinners
     N.C.
With money-colored eyes
N.C.
Eat all the nuggets
          N.C.
Then they order extra fries
[Chorus]
    N.C.
The werewolf is coming (extra fries)
    N.C.
The werewolf is coming, you know
The D5werewolf’s coming
The D5werewolf’s coming
Yes, the D5werewolf is coming, JoeD7  
[Middle 8]
 GI hear her howling, prowling on the hill
The D5werewolf’s coming, Bill
[Verse]
N.C.
Ignorance and arrogance
    N.C.
The national debate
N.C.
Put the fight in Vegas
         N.C.
That’s a billion-dollar gate
D5Revenue: Pay-per-view
N.C.
Should be pretty healthy
The D5usual deductions
        N.C.
Then it all goes to the wealthy
[Chorus]
D5Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
          N.C.
Still the werewolf’s coming
D5Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
          N.C.
Yeah, the werewolf’s coming
[Verse]
N.C.
 I’m not complaining
         N.C.
Just the opposite, my friend
N.C.
 I know it’s raining
          N.C.
But we’re coming to the end of the rainbow
    N.C.
The lying and the spying are through
N.C.
 Oh! You don’t know me?
N.C.
 O.K. I don’t know you, too
[Chorus]
The D5werewolf’s coming, werewolf’s coming, oh
The D5werewolf’s coming, a werewolf’s coming
The D5werewolf is coming, Joe
[Middle 8]
 GI hear her howling, prowling on the hill
The D5werewolf’s coming, Bill
[Verse]
             N.C.
You’d better stock up on water
N.C.
Canned-goods off the shelves
    N.C.
And loot some for the old folks
      N.C.
Can’t loot for themselves
    N.C.
The doorbell’s ringing
N.C.
Could be the elves
         N.C.
But it’s probably the werewolf
     N.C.
It’s quarter to twelve
[Bridge]
And when it’s midnightD  D  
And the Gwolf bites
It’s a Dfull Dmoon
She really got the Gappetite
[Coda]
[  B5|  Bsus2|
                    Bm7|  Bm7|
The werewolf’s coming
    EmThe F#mwerewolf
    GThe Awerewolf
[  B5|  Bsus2|  Bm|  F#|  G#11| % | G5  

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The Werewolf

by Paul Simon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

Aaug

Bsus2

Bm7

F#m

G#11

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Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS

D5 x-x-0-2-3-x

Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0

B5 x-2-4-4-x-x

Bsus2 x-2-4-4-2-x

G#11 3-x-0-0-2-x

G5 3-x-0-0-x-x

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[Intro]

| N.C. | % | % | %

(percussion only)

[Verse]

N.C.

Milwaukee man led a fairly decent life

N.C.

Made a fairly decent living

N.C.

Had a fairly decent wife

N.C.

She killed him ... ah, sushi knife

N.C.

Now they’re shopping

N.C.

For a fairly decent afterlife

[Chorus]

D5 D Dsus2 D5

[ ]

Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

G Aaug D

[ ]

Oooh, ooh, ooh

N.C.

The werewolf is coming

D5 D Dsus2 D5

[ ]

Oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

[ ]

Oooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse]

N.C.

The fact is most obits are mixed reviews

N.C.

Life is a lottery

N.C.

A lot of people lose

N.C.

And the winners, the grinners

N.C.

With money-colored eyes

N.C.

Eat all the nuggets

N.C.

Then they order extra fries

[Chorus]

N.C.

The werewolf is coming (extra fries)

N.C.

The werewolf is coming, you know

The werewolf’s coming

D5 D7

Yes, the werewolf is coming, Joe

[Middle 8]

I hear her howling, prowling on the hill

The werewolf’s coming, Bill

[Verse]

N.C.

Ignorance and arrogance

N.C.

The national debate

N.C.

Put the fight in Vegas

N.C.

That’s a billion-dollar gate

Revenue: Pay-per-view

N.C.

Should be pretty healthy

The usual deductions

N.C.

Then it all goes to the wealthy

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

N.C.

Still the werewolf’s coming

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

N.C.

Yeah, the werewolf’s coming

[Verse]

N.C.

I’m not complaining

N.C.

Just the opposite, my friend

N.C.

I know it’s raining

N.C.

But we’re coming to the end of the rainbow

N.C.

The lying and the spying are through

N.C.

Oh! You don’t know me?

N.C.

O.K. I don’t know you, too

[Chorus]

The werewolf’s coming, werewolf’s coming, oh

The werewolf’s coming, a werewolf’s coming

The werewolf is coming, Joe

[Middle 8]

I hear her howling, prowling on the hill

The werewolf’s coming, Bill

[Verse]

N.C.

You’d better stock up on water

N.C.

Canned-goods off the shelves

N.C.

And loot some for the old folks

N.C.

Can’t loot for themselves

N.C.

The doorbell’s ringing

N.C.

Could be the elves

N.C.

But it’s probably the werewolf

N.C.

It’s quarter to twelve

[Bridge]

D D

And when it’s midnight

And the wolf bites

D D

It’s a full moon

She really got the appetite

[Coda]

B5 Bsus2

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Bm7 Bm7

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The werewolf’s coming

Em F#m

The werewolf

G A

The werewolf

B5 Bsus2 Bm F# G#11 G5

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