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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
Written by Paul Simon