Roky Erickson - Creature with the atom brain
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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:
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 theA doll 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 heA acting soB strange
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.