The Wolf
from: Truth From Lies
Intro: (c gsus/b) (amadd9 f) (c gsus) (amadd9 f)
(c) when my daddy (f) lived here,
(c) i never (g) worried
(c) when my daddy (f) lived here,
(c) he read me (g) stories
And i (am) nev- (f) er was afraid
(c) when the endings were (g) scary
'cause (am) my dad- (f) dy would say,
(c) "i will keep you (g) safe
When the (c) wolf comes
(gsus/b) to the house." (Amadd9 f)
(c gsus/b) (amadd9 f)
(c) now my mother has a (f) boyfriend
(c) she let him move (g) in
(c) she let him tell (f) her
(c) that she's just a fool (g)
And i've (am) heard (f) them fighting
(c) i heard him knock (g) her down
I (am) try (f) to read at night,
(c) but i don't like (g) it now
'cause when the (c) wolf lives
(g/b) in your house (am f)
(c) you can't (g/b) get him out (am f)
When the (c) wolf lives
(g/b) in your house (am f)
(c) you can't (g) get him out (am) (f) (am) (f)
(c) my mother (f) tells me
(c) we are a (g) family
(c) but i don't want (f) to be,
(c) i have a (g) plan
Yes i'm (am) wait- (f) ing for the day
(c) when i am (g) stronger
And i (am) will (f) step in the way,
(c) i'll make him sor- (g) ry
When the (c) wolf lives
(g/b) in your house (am f)
(c) you can't (g/b) get him out (am f)
When the (c) wolf lives
(g/b) in your house (am f)
(c) you can't (g/b) get him out (am f)
(c g) (am f)
(c) i will (g) get him (amadd9) out
C. 1995 Water tower music used with permission