Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Cruel, cruel moon

 Please don’t come out tonight

‘Cause when you do, my Emily Lou

 And me are gonna have a fight

 They say the full moon’s meant for lovers

But you’re gonna break my heart

‘Cause when you shine

That baby of mine

Will turn into a werewolf

 And rip out my throat and kill me

Four weeks ago me and Emily Lou

 We were on a Northern England tour

Late one night

Against advice

 We went a’ walkin’ on the moors

She thought she saw a doggy

Underneath the full moon’s light

 But when she tried to pet that doggy

 It gave her a nasty bite

Didn’t think too much about it

 ‘Till this morning when I read

There was some kind of monster out last night

 And eighteen folks were dead

My baby slept there next to me

 With blood caked in her claws

Tattered clothing, guts and entrails

Clenched between her jaws

Cruel, cruel moon

 Please don’t come out tonight

‘Cause when you do, my Emily Lou

 And me are gonna have a fight

 They say the full moon’s meant for lovers

But you’re gonna break my heart

‘Cause when you shine

That baby of mine will

Turn on me and rip my lungs out

 And julienne my liver

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Every time you think you know someone

 That’s when they change again

 So Mr. Moon, can you help me out

 Of this doggone fix I’m in?

I locked my baby in the basement

 And reinforced the door

But when she’s done lycanthropizing

 She’s gonna settle up the score

My finger’s on the trigger

 Of this gun full of silver bullets

 But Mr. Moon, I love my Emily Lou

 Too much to pull it

My daylight’s runnin’ out soon

 And this door won’t hold for long

One last chance now, Mr. Moon

 Won’t you listen to my song?

Cruel, cruel moon

 Please don’t come out tonight

‘Cause when you do, my Emily Lou

 And me are gonna have a fight

They say the full moon’s meant for lovers

But you’re gonna break my heart

‘Cause when you shine

That baby of mine

Will painfully transform

Just like that guy from An American Werewolf in London

Then she’ll tear my eyeballs from their sockets

 Then I won’t see my baby anymore