Robert Earl Keen – Mr Wolf And Mamabear (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

By Robert Earl Keen
   D                         G
Mr. Wolf and Mama Bear were bangin' on the door

  D                                 A7
I told 'em once, I told 'em twice, don't come around here no more

        D                              G
They've stolen all our chickens, they killed our neighbor's cat

     D                               A7
Last night I saw them talkin' to Big Weasel and his rat

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It's such a cozy neighborhood, we love our little town

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Lately things ain't been so good, there's somethin goin' down

  D                               G
It happened just a year ago, someone hired a band

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They had a dog and pony show that got clean out of hand

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There was fur and feathers flyin, the son of the old goat

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Said 'coon boy pulled a shotgun from his worn-out overcoat

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Bobcat killed miss peacock, coon boy shot the mare

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While Mr. Wolf smoked opium and grinned at Mama Bear

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Two dead ducks lay there beside Ms. Peacock on the floor

  D                                    A7
The fat goose grabbed the telephone and called the dogs of war

     D                              G
The kitties begged for mercy, the pigs began to squeal

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Coon Boy took the kitty, jumped in his automobile

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Bobcat and the wheel man, the famous wolverine

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Shot out the light and in the night they faded from the scene

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Chief Detective Rambouille did not work for free

  D                               A7
And Sheriff Hog was called away unexpectedly

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The sheriff's reelection, the murder of the mare

         D                        A7
Might get Hog implicated with The Wolf and Mama Bear

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So Rambouille took up the case and shut it down for good

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He bought a house in southern France but lives in Hollywood
(Instrumental)
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The bodies of the Bobcat and the famous wolverine

  D                              A7
Were found inside a motel room outside of San Juaquin

     D                         G
The City Council voted the Insurance Board to pay

         D                        A7
The victims of that heinous crime upon that dreadful day

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And I watched from the shadows, where beneath the frosty moon

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Mr. Wolf and Mama Bear fed on a dead raccoon