Creature With The Atom Brain Chords - Roky Erickson

Chords

B A G

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Intro

B A B G

Riff

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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! B 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

(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

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 B A B G