The Werewolf chords

Paul Simon

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro 
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 (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 


 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 



    N.C. 
The werewolf is coming (extra fries) 
    N.C. 
The werewolf is coming, you know 
    D5 
The werewolf’s coming 
    D5 
The werewolf’s coming 
         D5                      D7 
Yes, the werewolf is coming, Joe 


Middle 8 
G 
 I hear her howling, prowling on the hill 
    D5 
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 
D5 
Revenue: Pay-per-view 
N.C. 
Should be pretty healthy 
    D5 
The usual deductions 
        N.C. 
Then it all goes to the wealthy 

 
D5 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
          N.C. 
Still the werewolf’s coming 
D5 
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 


    D5 
The werewolf’s coming, werewolf’s coming, oh 
    D5 
The werewolf’s coming, a werewolf’s coming 
    D5 
The werewolf is coming, Joe 


Middle 8 
G 
 I hear her howling, prowling on the hill 
    D5 
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 
        G 
And the wolf bites 
       D    D 
It’s a full moon 
                   G 
She really got the appetite 


Coda 
 B5 | Bsus2 | 

    Bm7                | Bm7 | 
The werewolf’s coming 
Em      F#m 
    The werewolf 
G       A 
    The werewolf 

 B5 | Bsus2 | Bm | F# | G#11 | % | G5