Werewolf Gimmick
The Mountain Goats
Beat The Champ
Played in standard tuning, and with almost everything barred. Open chords can work,
but don't sound properly harsh in my opinion. Somewhere between a powerchord and the full barre works
best.
Em - 022000
F5 - 133xxx
A - 002220/577655
F#m - 244222
G - 355333
B5 - x
E - 022100
D5 - x577xx
C5 - x355xx
F - 133211
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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
Chorus 1:
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
Chorus 2:
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:
Chorus 2:
Em D5
Nameless bodies - in unremembered rooms
C5 G B5 Em
The pure at heart go putrid when the wolfbane blooms
Em-F5
