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                     WEREWOLF - Five Man Electrical Band
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Written by: L. Emmerson 
Album: "Absolutely Right:
        The Best Of Five Man Electrical Band"   (1995, Universal Music)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury 
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: April 25, 2010

INTRO:    A


1ST VERSE:

          G  A                                 D7
Mama said,     "There's something weird 'bout Billy
    A                                            E7
I looked in his room, his bed wasn't slept in at all last night"
     A                                              D7
But Papa said, "Ah, now Mama, don't you go talkin' silly
              G
He's just a young boy
           D                         A                Ab / A
He's just sowing his wild oats, and that's alright"


2ND VERSE:

     A                                               D7
But Mama said, "No, there's something real strange 'bout my Billy
     A                                              E7
The farmer down the road said he lost a few of his sheep last night
                A                                               D7
I know he's my own flesh and blood, but it makes my blood run chilly
          G
'Cause I saw him from my window
    D                          A
And he was on the hill just screaming at the moonlight"


CHORUS:

      E                                    A
Ahhh, is it any wonder we hate to see the sun go down
    E                                    A                       D7  A
And is it any wonder we hate to see the full moon coming around


3RD VERSE:

    A                                                      D7
So Papa said, "I guess there's only one thing to do about Billy
 A                                                 E7
Hand me down my gun, son, bring along that silver dinner bell"
     A                                  D7
But Mama said, "Papa, I beg you, don't kill him
          G                      D                     A
'Cause I just couldn't bear to think about my baby in hell"


4TH VERSE:

             A
But he went down to the blacksmith, got him out of bed
           D7
And said, "Get your fire hot
     A
Oh, shut up your shutters and close down the doors
             E7
We're gonna need all the heat you got
          A                                         D7
'Cause I want you to melt my silver bell down to a single shot
         G               D                             A
I got a job to do and I got to get it done before the sun comes up"


CHORUS:

       E                                                A
Oh, so is it any wonder that we hate to see the sun go down

G    D    A


5TH VERSE:

                     A                             D7
Then we heard a shot,  and I said, "Papa got 'im"
 A                                                  E7
Then we heard a scream, and Mama smiled and said, "Betcha Billy got 'im"
            A
But when I lifted up my eyes there was Papa in the doorway
  D7
Staring at the floor
        G                       D                A
And my big brother Billy never did come home no more


CHORUS:

      E                                    A
Ahhh, is it any wonder we hate to see the sun go down
    E                                    A
And is it any wonder we hate to see the full moon coming around


D7    A       G  D  A

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Notes:
-At the end of the 1st Verse, slide from the Ab chord up to the A chord.

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)

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