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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Chords:
      B    A    G
E|----7----5----3----|
B|----7----5----3----|
G|----8----6----4----|
D|----8----7----5----|
A|----9----7----5----|
E|----7----5----3----|
Intro:
B    A    B    G
Riff:
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-7-9-10-10-10\9\7-|
Verse 1:
BCreature Awith the atom Bbrain
BCreature Awith the atom Bbrain
BWhy Ais he acting so Bstrange
BDo you thAink he's one of Bthem?
Verse 2:
BThrew the Adoll righBt down
BRipped it's guts off and Athrew it on Bthe ground
BCreature Awith the atom Bbrain
BCreature Awith the atom Bbrain
Monologue 1:
  B"I told you AI'd come back!
  Remember BBuchanan?"
  B"But you'Are not BucBhanan!"
  B"I don't Alook like Bhim, but I am him.
  BDon't you Arecognize the voice, BJim?
  BI promised Ato see you die, and BI will!"
  B(faintly)A  B  G  
  "Hey boss let us in! Boss man, let us in that door!"
Verse 3:
BNo one stAitches likBe that
BNo one stAitches likBe that
BCreature Awith the aBtom brain
BCreature Awith the aBtom brain
Monologue 2 + Bridge: 
  (note: chord progression played repeatedly,   B    A   B)
  "Today's big story centers around
  the killing of District Attorney Mcgraw
  whose body was found in his garage, murdered."
  "Dr. Walker is under the impression that
  these crimes were being perpetrated by
  dead men charged with atom rays, which gives them
  superhuman strength and makes them impervious to bullets.
  Well, if you want to believe that story you can."
Verse 4:
BCreature Awith the aBtom brain
BCreature Awith the aBtom brain
BWhy is he Aacting so Bstrange
BDo you thAink he's oBne of them?
BCreature Awith the aBtom brain
Outro: (fade out)
B    A    B
B    A    B
B    A    B    G
Note:
Roky Erickson & The Aliens song title, "Creature with the Atom Brain" is based of a 1955 
film of the same name. The film is about a deported American gangster, Frank Buchanan 
who forces an ex-Nazi scientist to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation
in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.

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Creature With The Atom Brain

by Roky Erickson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Chords:

B A G

E|----7----5----3----|

B|----7----5----3----|

G|----8----6----4----|

D|----8----7----5----|

A|----9----7----5----|

E|----7----5----3----|

Intro:

B A B G

Riff:

E|------------------|

B|------------------|

G|------------------|

D|------------------|

A|------------------|

E|-7-9-10-10-10\9\7-|

Verse 1:

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Why is he acting so strange

B A B

Do you think he's one of them?

Verse 2:

B A B

Threw the doll right down

B A B

Ripped it's guts off and threw it on the ground

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

Monologue 1:

B A

"I told you I'd come back!

Remember Buchanan?"

B A B

"But you're not Buchanan!"

B A B

"I don't look like him, but I am him.

B A B

Don't you recognize the voice, Jim?

B A B

I promised to see you die, and I will!"

B A B G

(faintly)

"Hey boss let us in! Boss man, let us in that door!"

Verse 3:

B A B

No one stitches like that

B A B

No one stitches like that

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

Monologue 2 + Bridge:

B A B

(note: chord progression played repeatedly, )

"Today's big story centers around

the killing of District Attorney Mcgraw

whose body was found in his garage, murdered."

"Dr. Walker is under the impression that

these crimes were being perpetrated by

dead men charged with atom rays, which gives them

superhuman strength and makes them impervious to bullets.

Well, if you want to believe that story you can."

Verse 4:

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

B A B

Why is he acting so strange

B A B

Do you think he's one of them?

B A B

Creature with the atom brain

Outro: (fade out)

B A B

B A B G

Note:

Roky Erickson & The Aliens song title, "Creature with the Atom Brain" is based of a 1955

film of the same name. The film is about a deported American gangster, Frank Buchanan

who forces an ex-Nazi scientist to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation

in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.

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