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Oowe The Hyena by John Edmond
Oowe The Hyena
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
| D | D | A * D* | |
| D | D | A * D* | |
[Verse 1]
D Em A D
A little boy called Phundu sat alone in a hut,
Bm Em A D
looking after the cooking pot.
D Em A D
Father was working late in the field,
Bm Em A D
soon to come home for the evening meal.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm Bm Bm Bm
Suddenly Mr Hyena was there,
Bm Bm Em ? A
giving Phundu a terrible scare.
D D7 G D
He said "I'll eat you alive if you tell on me
D D A D
but if you give me food I'll let you go free".
[Chorus]
D D7 G D
Oowe, the hyena always looks down,
D D Em A
walking along with his head on the ground.
D7 D7 G D
He never looks left and he never looks right
D D A D
but he, Oowe, oowes all through the night.
[Interlude]
| D | D | A * D* | |
[Verse 2]
D Em A D
Phundu's father came home very hungry and tired
Bm Em A D
but no food was left in the pot on the fire.
D Em A D
He saw little Phundu who was shaking with freight
Bm Em A D
and Mr Hyena had been there that night.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm Bm Bm Bm
So the very next night a trap had been set
Bm Bm Em A
and Mr Hyena fell right into it.
D D7 G D
He came through the door, put his head in the pot,
D D A D
Phundu's father's big club, then knocked him right out.
[Chorus]
D D7 G D
Oowe, the hyena always looks down,
D D Em A
walking along with his head on the ground.
D7 D7 G D
He never looks left and he never looks right
D D A D
but he, Oowe, oowes all through the night.
[Interlude]
| D | D | A * D* | |
[Verse 3]
D Em A D
Then they took a thin log, shaped like a V,
Bm Em A D
on the hyena's back they tied it, you see.
D Em A D
With his head in the fork and the log on his back,
Bm Em A D
set him off on his way down the forest track.
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Bm Bm Bm Bm
So when you see a hyena walking along,
Bm Bm Em A
always remember the words of this song.
D D7 G D
The log made hyenas look like they do
D D A D
and that's why they oowe "oowe, oo".
[End-Chorus]
D D7 G D
Oowe, the hyena always looks down,
D D Em A
walking along with his head on the ground.
D7 D7 G D
He never looks left and he never looks right
D D A D
but he, Oowe, oowes all through the night.
[Outro]
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