The Werewolves Will Come Out

G C D7 I was taught “the werewolves would get me if I start to doubt.” G C Am7 D7 They are mutants- and imps who take the guise- of humankind by day. G D7 G When the golden moon ascends, the werewolves will come out. G C D7 There was safety in numbers, the church was my redoubt G C D7 Its people were my pack, my home, with them I’d fight to stay. G Am7 D7 G I was taught the werewolves would get me if I start to doubt. These monsters preyed on children, scarlet blood stained their sharp snouts,[G C D7] They’d lay wait- in pubs and pack parades- for those who’d lost their way. [G C Am7 D] When the golden moon ascends, the werewolves will come out. [G D7 G] “We must defend our families with musket fire’s violent shout, [G C D7] To give our lives to take the wolves’.” We swore we would obey. [G C D7] I was taught the werewolves would get me if I start to doubt. [G Am7 D7 G] From the pulpit each week, rough rhetoric they’d always spout [G C D7] While in the pew, my huge wolf heart would pound, in sync with their cliche,[G C Am7 D7] “When the golden moon ascends the werewolves will come out.” [G D7 G] They never cared that wounded wolves wailed from the herd’s devout, [G C D7] But you should know that once a month I grow a tail and prey. [G C D7] I was taught the werewolves would get me if I start to doubt. [G Am7 D7 G] When the golden moon ascends, the werewolves will come out. [G D7 G]