Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: 4
RIFF (I find the 7th fret is easier to hit than the 2nd)
BBAAEEEEus4
e|---------|-4--2---2--0---|-0--0--0 -- 0---|
B|---------|-4--4---2--2---|-0--0--0 -- 0---|
G|---------|-4--4---2--2---|-1--1--2 -- 1---|
D|---------|-4--4---2--2---|-2--2--2 -- 2---|
A|------2--|-2--2---0--0---|-2--2--2 -- 2---|
E|-2/4-(7)-|---------------|-0--0--0 -- 0---|
Last time, play an Em instead of the last E
INTRO
EEEEEEE
CHORUS 1
EB
Cruel, cruel moon, please don't come out tonight
BE
'Cause when you do my Emily Lou and me are gonna have a fight
AE
They say the full moon's meant for lovers but you're gonna break my heart
B
'Cause when you shine that baby of mine
B
Will turn into a werewolf
AEE7
And rip out my throat and kill me
VERSE 1
EE7EB
Four weeks ago, me and Emily Lou, we were on a Northern England tour
BE
Late one night, against advice, we went a' walkin' on the moors
AAmEC#
She thought she saw a doggy underneath the full moon's light
F#B
But when she tried to pet that doggy it gave her a nasty bite
EE7EB
Didn't think too much about it 'till this morning when I read
BE
There was some kind of monster out last night and eighteen folks were dead
AAmEC#
My baby slept there next to me with blood caked in her claws
F#B
Tattered clothing, guts and entrails clenched between her jaws
CHORUS 2
EB
Cruel, cruel moon, please don't come out tonight
BE
'Cause when you do my Emily Lou and me are gonna have a fight
AE
They say the full moon's meant for lovers but you're gonna break my heart
B
'Cause when you shine that baby of mine will
B
Turn on me and rip my lungs out
A E E7 E E7 (RIFF)
And julienne my liver
EE7EB
Every time you think you know someone that's when they change again
BE
So Mr. Moon, can you help me out of this doggone fix I'm in?
AAmEC#
I locked my baby in the basement and reinforced the door
F#B
But when she's done lycanthropizin' she's gonna settle up the score
EE7EB
My finger's on the trigger of this gun full of silver bullets
BE
But Mr. Moon, I love my Emily Lou too much to pull it
AAmEC#
My daylight's runnin' out soon and this door won't hold for long
F#B
One last chance now, Mr. Moon won't you listen to my song?
EB
Cruel, cruel moon, please don't come out tonight
BE
'Cause when you do my Emily Lou and me are gonna have a fight
AE
They say the full moon's meant for lovers but you're gonna break my heart
B
'Cause when you shine that baby of mine
BBB
Will painfully transform just like that guy from An American Werewolf in London
B
Then she'll tear my eyeballs from their sockets
A Am E E7 E E7 (RIFF) Em
Then I won't see my baby anymore (rit.)