The Woman Who Was Also A Mongoose

Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 4:04 PM

song:THE WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO A MONGOOSE

Artist: By The Dead Milkmen!

Source: from Not Richard, but Dick

Transcribbed by Benny <skaboi@cyberhighway.net or nekmo@hotmail.com>

and April <Guitarsurf@aol.com>

INTRO: 3 progressions of D Bm G D

<D Bm G D x4>

She was once an attraction at the county fair

and now she sleeps in a box at the top of the stairs

and she loves it here make no mistake

cause she can earn her keep by chasin snakes

<D Bm G D x2>

And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will

be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman

who was also a mongoose

<D Bm G D x2> A

(D Bm G D)x4

She was born in May ninety years ago

In a little town outside Buffalo

but the town folk feared her and they chased her away

and now she's happy with a place to stay

<D Bm G D x2>

And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will

be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman

who was also a mongoose

(D Bm G D)x4

She trapped a rattler out behind the barn

and she let it go without any harm

then she came inside for a cup of tea

and she spoke for a while with my brother and me

<D Bm G D x2>

chasing after feild mice running through the high grass

thats what she loves to do

and if she's happy as a mongoose, shouldn't bother me or you

<D Bm G D x2>

And if I wake up late at night i know that everything will

be alright, cause crawling round on my room is the woman

who was also a mongoose

(D Bm G D) x2 A <end on> D

Any comments or questions send them to skaboi@cyberhighway.net or nekmo@hotmail.com

(dhicks@erie.net no longer exists..i moved)