main riff :
/ / / /
| – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – 0 – – – – – – – 2 – /3 – /2 – – – |
| – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1 – /2 – /1 – – – |
| – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – /3 – /2 – – – |
| – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
verse 1 :
E
like a big woolly mammoth
you gotta wear that coat
like his big brother joseph
yeah , walkin’ in the desert sand
like a doughboy in the trenches
you gotta lay down low
like a big woolly mammoth
you gotta wear that coat
chorus :
E A
you ain’t got time to worry ’bout mass extinction
E A
just try and get along with the human beings
E C
big wooly mammoth gonna wear that coat
B
in the middle of the summertime
bridge :
small jam over an a chord with a a>g>f#>f>e for 4 measures
jb transition riff ( played solo ) :
/ / / /
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – 0 – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – 0 – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – – – – – – – 0 – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
| – – – 0 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
verse 2 :
you got a woman in the city
she got a brand new coat
sometimes i feel like an evolutionary reject
yeah , livin’ in a high – tech world
like a cool armadillo
you gotta lay down low
like the big woolly mammoth
you gotta wear that coat
( chorus )
jam over A
( jb transition riff )
verse 3 :
another ice age is comin’
you better wear your coat
somebody throw me a fire
so we can burn this city down
like a doughboy in the trenches
you gotta lay down low
like the big woolly mammoth
you gotta wear that coat
last chorus :
everybody needs some weapons of mass destruction
gonna kill you with a virus and a dose of radiation
like a big wooly mammoth gonna wear that coat
in the middle of the summertime
jam over A
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