Trick or Treat at Lee Ho Fook's
[TRICK OR TREAT AT LEE HO FOOK'S] [INTRO — 92 BPM, 4/4, SWAMPY COUNTRY SHUFFLE] [HEXATONIC VOODOO BLUES: 1–b3–4–b5–5–b7] [LOW-TUNED DRUMS BEHIND THE BEAT] [WALKING UPRIGHT BASS, DIRTY RESONATOR GUITAR] [PEDAL STEEL BENDS AGAINST HAMMOND ORGAN] [TRITONE GUITAR STAB — ROOT TO FLATTED FIFTH] [MELLOTRON CHOIR — GHOSTLY "AHOOOOO!"] [ONE GRAVELLY MALE COUNTRY LEAD VOCAL] [VERSE 1 — SPOOKY, CONVERSATIONAL] [RESONATOR GUITAR ANSWERS VOCAL PHRASES] On Halloween, Warren Zevon led us Past the jack-o'-lantern burning bright. Dressed as a werewolf, with a green face, They marched us through the night. I wore a tuxedo with blue suede shoes, And packed a pillowcase for the sweets. We rode to Chinatown on a double-decker bus, To haunt the moonlit streets. [TRITONE SLIDE — RESONATOR AND PEDAL STEEL] A vampire waved us over, With a wicked, toothy grin. We tried to moonwalk beside the gate, Then someone called us in! [MELLOTRON CHOIR — "AHOOOOO!"] [HAMMOND ORGAN GLISSANDO] [CHORUS — FULL SOUTHERN GOTHIC COUNTRY BAND] [HEAVY SHUFFLE, CRUNCHY TELECASTER] Trick or treat in blue suede shoes, Come knocking at the door! Something hairy, something scary— We're coming back for more! We can handle vampires and zombies, We'll laugh at any fright. [STOP-TIME — TRITONE GUITAR STAB] But werewolves eating chow mein? We draw the line! Trick or treat tonight! [MELLOTRON — "AHOOOOO!"] [PEDAL STEEL HOWLING BEND] [VERSE 2 — BASS AND BRUSHED SNARE] [CHROMATIC HAMMOND FILLS] First, Dracula answered, Dressed as a Chinese dragon in red. We picked treat; got a bowl of fried bat wings— "Needs more garlic!" we said. Next, Frankenstein wore a chef's hat, With a rubber chicken beneath one arm. We chose trick; got a screaming fortune cookie— That set off every car alarm! [TRITONE HAMMOND STAB] [SHORT TELECASTER CHICKEN-PICKING RUN] [MELLOTRON FLUTE — EERIE DESCENDING PHRASE] [CHORUS — FULL BAND, BIGGER DYNAMICS] Trick or treat in blue suede shoes, Come knocking at the door! Something hairy, something scary— We're coming back for more! We can handle vampires and zombies, We'll laugh at any fright. [STOP-TIME — GUITAR AND ORGAN TRITONE] But werewolves eating chow mein? We draw the line! Trick or treat tonight! [MELLOTRON CHOIR — "AHOOOOO!"] [INSTRUMENTAL — 7/8 PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY] [HEXATONIC VOODOO BLUES RIFF] [RESONATOR GUITAR AND HAMMOND COUNTERPOINT] [PEDAL STEEL GLISSANDI, TRITONE LEAPS] [MELLOTRON FLUTE AND CHOIR] [DRUMS SHIFT TO 2+2+3, BASS FOLLOWS] [BUILD TO DISTORTED TELECASTER SOLO] [BRIDGE — 5/4, DARK AND THEATRICAL] [LOW HAMMOND DRONE, MELLOTRON STRINGS] [HALF-SPOKEN MALE COUNTRY VOCAL] Then a werewolf, dressed as a waiter, Stepped out into the light. "Choose sweet-and-sour pork or a full-moon curse! Which will it be tonight?" We picked treat; they passed us fortune cookies, Then pointed at the moon. [HARD STOP — SILENCE] "Now howl!" They chanted, "Wok and roll!" [MELLOTRON CHOIR — MASSIVE "AHOOOOO!"] And the fiddler struck a tune. [FIDDLE SOLO — VOODOO HEXATONIC] [TRITONE DOUBLE-STOPS] [HAMMOND ORGAN AND PEDAL STEEL ANSWER] [5/4 → 4/4, DRUM FILL] [FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND, 108 BPM] [HEAVY COUNTRY-ROCK SHUFFLE] [MELLOTRON CHOIR, HAMMOND, FIDDLE, TELECASTER] Trick or treat in blue suede shoes, Come knocking at the door! Something hairy, something scary— We're coming back for more! We can handle vampires and zombies, We'll laugh at any fright. [ALL INSTRUMENTS — TRITONE STAB] But werewolves eating chow mein? We draw the line! Trick or treat tonight! [MELLOTRON — "AHOOOOO!"] [DRUMS STOP] [OUTRO — THE TWIST] [RETURN TO 92 BPM, DARK SPARSE GROOVE] [LOW RESONATOR DRONE, BASS HEARTBEAT] [MELLOTRON CHOIR BARELY AUDIBLE] Then Warren Zevon dropped his werewolf mask, And we all began to shake. Beneath it lurked a real werewolf— That costume wasn't fake! [PEDAL STEEL — SLOW TRITONE BEND] [MELLOTRON CHOIR — DISTANT "AHOOOOO!"] My nose turned into black fur, It spread across my skin. That cursed fortune cookie had changed us all— The monsters were within! [DRUMS BUILD — LOW TOM ROLL] [HAMMOND AND MELLOTRON CHOIR SWELL] Now we haunt Lee Ho Fook's each Halloween, Come knocking at your door. Give us beef chow mein, and we won't howl— Unless you ask for more! [FINAL INSTRUMENTAL — 7/8 VOODOO PROG] [HEXATONIC RESONATOR RIFF] [TELECASTER AND FIDDLE TRITONE COUNTERPOINT] [MELLOTRON CHOIR — HUGE "AHOOOOO!"] [PEDAL STEEL — LONG DESCENDING WOLF-HOWL BEND] [HAMMOND ORGAN — DISSONANT FINAL CHORD] [HARD STOP] [END]
