Transcribbed by Benny 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 AD