Werewolves Of London Guitar Tab

Excitable Boy Tabs:

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From fredrice@ccmail.orst.edu  Mon Jul 26 12:10:51 1993
To: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca
Subject: Werewolves of London
Status: OR
Steve,
I usually play this riff along with the piano part.  Play it in
the same manner as the piano piece.  Just repeat it for the whole
song.  I'm not too sure about the solo.  Enjoy.
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Ed.
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Subject: TAB: Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
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Werewolves of London
tab by D. Boucher
D   A           A    G
---2---0-----------0------------------|
---3---2-----------2----3-------------|
---2---2------2----2----0--------0----|
---0----------------------------------|
----------0--------0------------------|
-----------------------------3--------|
D       D6 arpeggio
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---3-------0---3-----------0---3------|
---2---2---------------2--------------|
---0---------------0------------------|
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repeat endlessly
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From: Douglas Asherman
To: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca
Subject: Re: REQ: Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
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The chords are pretty simple: d (10th fret), C (8th fret), and
G (10th fret).  Goes something like:
D                     C                   G
Saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
D                             C            G
Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain..
...and so on.
Hope this helps.

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/z/zevon,_warren/360457.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture niles Wanna Be	#1 by niles lewis at Oct 1, 2007 at 9:54 PM EST
	I like that idea a lot. I think Zevon uses the same theme of sort of making excuses and apathy in Excitable Boy.

No Picture Jordan Rhythm Player	#2 by Jordan at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:56 PM EST
	Heh! I love this song. Reminds me of Remus Lupin from Harry Potter. blush I love Harry Potter..shush.

No Picture Kempy Lead Player	#3 by Kempy at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:13 PM EST
	Although Zevon was a tremendously talented songwriter and there's a lot more to his art than the classics featured on the (aptly-titled) "Genius" compilation, IMHO this song deserves all the attention it has received over the years. It boggles the mind that it's the same age as me! Sheer genius indeed.

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#4 by Tyler Swagar at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:43 AM EST
	It's a funny song...and I laugh whenever I hear it.

No Picture James Wanna Be	#5 by James Makowiecki at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:13 AM EST
	Warren used to play in Don Everly's (of the Everly Brothers) backup band and as he told the story, One Day Everly said he wanted a new song "Something the kids will Dig". So as Warren was writing the song, Waddy Wachtel (amazing guitarist and also a member of the band) stuck his head in the door and said "What are you writing?" Warren said "the Werewolves of London" and Waddy goes "you mean like Ahooooo ...Werewolves of London? Hence the Chorus. Killer song. The line about his "hair was perfect" just slays me

No Picture Guitar Master Wanna Be	#6 by Guitar Master J at Oct 7, 2007 at 8:18 PM EST
	Even the most civilized veneer cannot fully cover up the beast inside. Isn't it obvious?

No Picture Mr. Always Mezm Average	#7 by Mr. Always Mezmerized (o)(o) at Oct 7, 2007 at 8:26 PM EST
	Jackson Browne says this song is about gigolos preying on older ladies and ripping htem off... he says the whole song is wrapped up in just one line: "I'd like to meet his tailor". Lee Ho Fook is a well-known restaurant in London's Chinatown: they have a cover of WZ's greatest hits album in the front window.

No Picture Aaron Average	#8 by Aaron Doyle at Oct 8, 2007 at 3:20 AM EST
	I always heard it as a comment on big-city life and how homogenized it can become. If werewolves lived in London, it would happen to them too. Sure, they'd still go around killing people, but they'd also be eating Chinese takeout and keeping up with the latest fashions.

No Picture ashley Wanna Be	#9 by ashley pudding at Oct 8, 2007 at 3:46 PM EST
	Jackson Browne says this song is about gigolos preying on older ladies and ripping htem off... he says the whole song is wrapped up in just one line: "I'd like to meet his tailor". Lee Ho Fook is a well-known restaurant in London's Chinatown: they have a cover of WZ's greatest hits album in the front window.

No Picture jamie Lead Player	#10 by jamie soad at Oct 9, 2007 at 9:46 PM EST
	to continue...zevon himself was definitely anti-govt and anti-restraint, and did respect and revere the message that the early punks/werewolves were trying to convey, and this is his kind of tribute to a much underappreciated music of the time...awesome

No Picture Dakota Lead Player	#11 by Dakota Sparks at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:55 AM EST
	ha, come on does every song need explanation... i think everyone gets the idea behind this one... long live ZEVON

No Picture James Average	#12 by James Davison at Oct 12, 2007 at 6:54 AM EST
	I dig this song big time, you can just dance to it easily and it can go on forever because the beat is so frivolous. It's awesome, I like the thought about rape and crime/murder but I like the thought about the punk movement in the 70s/80s even more. Kind of like like 'Who the hell are these werewolves in town. also the first line: "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand." always projected to me. great song ok im done now

No Picture Courtney Wanna Be	#13 by Courtney L. at Oct 13, 2007 at 12:01 PM EST
	In the live version (on STAND IN THE FIRE), he changes the line to "He'll rip your lungs out Jim, and he's looking for James Taylor!"

No Picture Jacob Lead Player	#14 by Jacob Julian at Oct 13, 2007 at 2:55 PM EST
	Great song i get a kick out of it everytime

No Picture Ale Wanna Be	#15 by Ale Rosado at Oct 14, 2007 at 2:17 PM EST
	i get the feeling that it was an inside joke with his friends that he made into a song... but i like the rapists-being-accepted theory by Woodsy2569.

No Picture amy Average	#16 by amy at Oct 14, 2007 at 4:30 PM EST
	Warren Zevon's black humour at work again. Possibly drug-fuelled? This came about 5 years before the classic John Landis movie with a similar name. Art imitating art?

No Picture Turd Fergeson Lead Player	#17 by Turd Fergeson Fergeson at Oct 15, 2007 at 3:38 AM EST
	do you think it's possible that there is absolutely NO meaning behind this song at all? that he just got a goofy idea stuck in his head and that this is what came of it. he used his friends in it, that's cool, but i really think that there is nothing to analyze here at all. (that sounded way bitchier than i meant it to.)

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#18 by jimmy henry at Oct 15, 2007 at 1:05 PM EST
	Lon Chaney - silent movie actor, famous for his role as "Erik" the tortured opera ghost in "The Phantom of the Opera" 1925 Lon Chaney Jr. - horror movie actor famous as the wolf-man And yeah this is just a great song, nothing more.

No Picture Jaime Average	#19 by Jaime at Oct 17, 2007 at 12:30 PM EST
	I know no ones around to read this but, here I go anyway. I think the songs about acceptance of what I don't know, but I feel it's a bad acceptance. Such as maybe rape or murder, Zeavon is trying to get us to realize it. Because he sings of how werewolves are acting like everyday folks and seem to be everywhere, and by now they are accepted. Thats why I think it is about forced acceptance, because even though there is rape murder everywhere, we a forced to live with it. And by now it is just a part of the world today and it is very accepted, which is very sad.

No Picture yomomma!! Wanna Be	#20 by yomomma!! at Oct 18, 2007 at 4:21 PM EST
	SongFacts.com says a lot about it. I don't feel like saying it all, but go there if you want the why.

No Picture Scott Average	#21 by Scott Anderson at Oct 18, 2007 at 6:03 PM EST
	I have no idea.......someone tell me, please!

No Picture foster Average	#22 by foster meng at Oct 20, 2007 at 3:19 AM EST
	Lon Cheney (actual spelling: "Chaney") was a famous silent film actor, he played a bunch of monsters in horror movies. His son, Lon Chaney Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and also appeared in horror films. I suspect they both played werewolves at some time in their careers. I remember my dad told me about the "meaning" of this song a long time ago. He said it was about foreigners taking over England or something? I forget now... but it makes sense, talking about the Chinese menu, and the American film stars hanging with the Queen...

No Picture Bobby Rhythm Player	#23 by Bobby McCorkle at Oct 20, 2007 at 2:30 PM EST
	Rescramble "Lee Ho Fook" as "Ho Lee Fook". Also, Zevon was/is a friend of James Taylor: "rip your lungs out JIM... like to meet his TAILOR".

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#24 by brent west at Oct 20, 2007 at 9:29 PM EST
	I can't believe know one else knows this. The entire song is just about the early punk movement in England. ie Sex Pistols. "I saw a werewolf drinking a pinacolada at trader vics, his hair was perfect." The British punks were notorious for their perfectly eccentric hairstyles. Just an incredibly ingenious parallel between the early punk movement of the 70s and 80s to werewolves....brilliant musician, its a shame he isnt still with us.

No Picture Chris Average	#25 by Chris H... at Oct 21, 2007 at 8:47 AM EST
	well, its about the werewolves in london!! : P sorry, i have no idea either.