{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1737764,"song":"Creature With The Atom Brain","artist":"Roky Erickson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11372516-creature-with-the-atom-brain-chords-by-roky-erickson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1737764?type=chord","rating":4.64383,"votes":6,"content":"Chords:\r\n\r\n      [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]E|----7----5----3----|\r\nB|----7----5----3----|\r\nG|----8----6----4----|\r\nD|----8----7----5----|\r\nA|----9----7----5----|\r\nE|----7----5----3----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff:\r\nE|------------------|\r\nB|------------------|\r\nG|------------------|\r\nD|------------------|\r\nA|------------------|\r\nE|-7-9-10-10-10\\9\\7-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhy is he acting so strange[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDo you think he's one of them?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThrew the doll right down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nRipped it's guts off and threw it on the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMonologue 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  \"I told you I'd come back![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Remember Buchanan?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  \"But you're not Buchanan!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  \"I don't look like him, but I am him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Don't you recognize the voice, Jim?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  I promised to see you die, and I will!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  (faintly)[/tab]\r\n  \"Hey boss let us in! Boss man, let us in that door!\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo one stitches like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo one stitches like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nMonologue 2 + Bridge: \r\n  (note: chord progression played repeatedly, [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] )\r\n\r\n  \"Today's big story centers around\r\n  the killing of District Attorney Mcgraw\r\n  whose body was found in his garage, murdered.\"\r\n\r\n  \"Dr. Walker is under the impression that\r\n  these crimes were being perpetrated by\r\n  dead men charged with atom rays, which gives them\r\n  superhuman strength and makes them impervious to bullets.\r\n\r\n  Well, if you want to believe that story you can.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhy is he acting so strange[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDo you think he's one of them?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nCreature with the atom brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOutro: (fade out)\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNote:\r\nRoky Erickson & The Aliens song title, \"Creature with the Atom Brain\" is based of a 1955 \r\nfilm of the same name. The film is about a deported American gangster, Frank Buchanan \r\nwho forces an ex-Nazi scientist to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation\r\nin order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.","plain_text":"Chords:\n\n      B    A    G\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro:\nB    A    B    G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonologue 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \"Hey boss let us in! Boss man, let us in that door!\"\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonologue 2 + Bridge: \n  (note: chord progression played repeatedly, B  A  B )\n\n  \"Today's big story centers around\n  the killing of District Attorney Mcgraw\n  whose body was found in his garage, murdered.\"\n\n  \"Dr. Walker is under the impression that\n  these crimes were being perpetrated by\n  dead men charged with atom rays, which gives them\n  superhuman strength and makes them impervious to bullets.\n\n  Well, if you want to believe that story you can.\"\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro: (fade out)\n\nB    A    B\nB    A    B\nB    A    B    G\n\n\n\nNote:\nRoky Erickson & The Aliens song title, \"Creature with the Atom Brain\" is based of a 1955 \nfilm of the same name. The film is about a deported American gangster, Frank Buchanan \nwho forces an ex-Nazi scientist to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation\nin order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.","chords":["B","A","G","E","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}