Werewolf Gimmick Chords
Werewolf Gimmick by Mountain Goats is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F5, A, F#m, G, B, D5, C5, B5 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Intro: Em-F5 x4
verse 1:
Em A
I was not there for rehearsal, I don't need it anymore
F#m G F#m
When I show up just in time to pop you can clear the goddamn floor
Em A
Empty out the locker room, let me find my space
F#m G B
Let him who thinks he knows no fear look well upon my face
Em D5
Nameless bodies - in unremembered rooms
C5 Em C5 D5 Em
Know how a man becomes a beast when the wolfbane blooms
verse 2, same as the first:
Em A
Sail past all the grasping hands, floodlights white and hot
F#m G F#m
Bring my vision into focus, find out what I've got
Em A
Some sniveling local babyface with an angle he can't sell
F#m G B5
Full werewolf off the buckle, like an angel straight from hell
Em D5
Nameless bodies - in unremembered rooms
C5 Em C5 D5 Em
Run howling through the carnage when the wolfbane blooms
Bridge:
F Em
Half the city sound asleep and safe inside their beds
D5 C5 G B
Get lost inside my thoughts and nearly tear his face to shreds
verse 3:
Em A
Blood pooling on the canvas as the atmosphere gets hushed
F#m G F#m
Bring your heroes to the wolf den - watch them all get crushed
Em A
Get told to maybe dial it back, backstage later on
F#m G B5
Everyone still in this building right now, dead before the dawn
Final Chorus: