Capo @ 7 Intro: e|----3------3---------| B|----3------3---------| G|----0------0---------| D|----0------2p0-(x3)--| x2 A|----2---3------------| E|-3-------------------| G Cadd9 G/B D D/C Yeah, when I was only se- ven- teen G Cadd9 G/B D D/C I could hear the angels whis- per- ing C G Cadd9 G/B D So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about C G D D/C Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog G Cadd9 G/B D D/C It turned out to be the howling of a dog C G Cadd9 G/B D Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back C G D D/C But I was drawn into the pack and before long G Cadd9 G/B D D/C They allowed me to join in and sing their song C G Cadd9 G/B D So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah we would gladly get our fill C G D D/C Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn G Cadd9 G/B D D/C And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong C G Cadd9 G/B D For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah and my thoughts, they surely were C G D D/C instinct and obedience to God G Cadd9 G/B D D/C X2 Chorus C G Cadd9 G/B D You can wear your fur like the river on fire C G Cadd9 G/B D But you better be sure if your makin' God a liar C G Cadd9 G/B D I'm a rattlesnake, babe, I'm like fu-el on fire C G So if you're gonna' get made Cadd9 G/B G/A G D D/C D/B D/A Don't be afraid of what you've learned G Cadd9 G/B D D/C On the day that I turned twen- ty- three G Cadd9 G/B D D/C I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree C G Cadd9 G/B D When suddenly a girl, with skin the color of a pearl C G D D/C Wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see G Cadd9 G/B D D/C She was listenin' for the angels just like me C G Cadd9 G/B D So I stood and looked about, I brushed the leaves off of my snout C G D D/C And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees G Cadd9 G/B D D/C You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees C G Cadd9 G/B D So I took her by the arm, we settled down upon a farm C G D D/C And raised our children up as gently as you pleased G Cadd9 G/B D D/C X2 C G Cadd9 G/B D And now my fur has turned to skin and I've been quickly ushered in C G D D/C To a world that I confess I do not know G Cadd9 G/B D D/C But I still dream of running careless through the snow C G Cadd9 G/B D An' through the howlin' winds that blow, across the ancient distant flow C G D D/C It fill our bodies up like water till we know G Cadd9 G/B D D/C X2 Chorus End on G