I Am The Wolf Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays512

I Am The Wolf by Mark Lanegan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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Em              G 
  I am the wolf   without a pack 
B                   Em 
  Banished so long ago 
              G              B 
I've survived   on another’s kill 
                 Em 
And on my shadow home 



G        B               Em 
All I've learned is that poison will sting 
G        B                    Em 
No one remembers the names of martyrs or kings 
G                B       Em 
No one remembers much of anything 
G              B          Em 
That came this way before  


Em            G 
I am the wolf   combing the beach 
B                   Em 
  Too hungry to shy away 
               G 
The carcass of a leviathan 
B                   Em 
Sways gently on the waves 

  
G           B           Em 
I hope this shelter is enough to keep me warm 
G            B               Em 
Upstairs the heaven's giving birth to winter's storm 
G             B               Em 
But I've been dying since the day I was born 
G           B        Em 
That much I know is true 

Instrumental 

G B Em 
G B Em 


Em            G 
I am the wolf   high, wild and free 
B                Em 
  A picture on a shelf 
                  G 
I burn this house   down to the ashes 
B              Em 
  A law unto myself 


G        B               Em 
All I've learned is that poison will sting 
G        B                    Em 
No one remembers the names of martyrs or kings 
G                        B  Em 
No one remembers much of anything 
G              B     Em 
That came this way before 
G              B     Em    G B  
That came this way before 


OUTRO 

Em              G B  
  I am the wolf 
Em              G B  
  I am the wolf 
Em              G B Em 
  I am the wolf 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante