In the Year of the Wolf chords by
Motörhead

N/A•

Key: C# minor•

Intro 1

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In the year of the

Verse 1

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wolf,

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All the world smelled good,

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In the snow and the ice,

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All the rest was blood,

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In the time of the tribe,

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Eb5

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We took a thousand lives,

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When I ran with the wolves,

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And the hunting was good,

Verse 2

E

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See me now, I was another,

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Not like me,

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when the wolves were brothers,

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See me now, you cannot know,

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The kind of food that me grow,

Verse 3

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D

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It was the wolf in me,

C

C

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C

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G

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Body and soul on fire,

G#5

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In the cold, full moon,

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Blood, red, desire,

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It was the wolf in me,

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You know it felt so true,

G#5

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C

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The night I ran with the wolves,

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C

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A5

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Tonight I come for you,

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G#5

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C

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Verse 4

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In the year of the wolf,

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C

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How could you ever know,

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There in the forest,

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A5

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I had teeth to show,

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In a different time,

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Eb5

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When the world was mine,

C

C

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A5

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When I ran as a wolf,

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C

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And the sun burned low,

Verse 5

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E

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See me now, I was another,

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D

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Mean and vicious, fast and clever,

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E

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See me now, you would not dream,

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D

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The food I ate, the food that screamed,

Verse 6

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D

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It was the wolf in me,

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C

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A5

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G

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And all my soul was fire,

G#5

G#5

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By the cold, dull moon,

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Blood, red, desire,

G#5

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It was the wolf in me,

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I howled the cold night through,

G#5

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The year I ran as a wolf,

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C

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Tonight the food is you,

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G#5

G#5

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Interlude 1

B

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In the year of the

Verse 7

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wolf,

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All the tribe ran mad,

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On the frozen lake,

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And I felt so glad,

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With tooth and claw,

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Eb5

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All your blood and more,

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When I ran with the wolves,

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And the hunt turned bad,

Verse 8

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See me now, this is not me,

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Not like the one, I used to be,

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See me now, you would not guess,

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A different heart raving in my chest,

Verse 9

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It was the wolf in me,

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When the world was cold,

G#5

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It was the life I lived,

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In the dark world below,

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It was the wolf in me,

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Crying and howling too,

G#5

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I was crying for the hunt,

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But I was hunting for you

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Outro 1

G#5

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Chords

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G
F
D
Eb5
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G#5
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