Richard Obrien

Science Fiction Double Feature Chords

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[Intro]

A    A  G  D               

A    A  G  D  let ring... 

Verse 1:
        A                   
Michael Rennie was ill 
            G
the day the Earth stood still
       F                 E
But he told us, where we stand
          A                          G
And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear
       F                       E
Claude Rains was the invisible man
     A                             G
Then something went wrong, for Fay Wray and King Kong
         F                     E
They got caught in a celluloid jam
          A                         G          
Then at a deadly pace it came from, outer space
    F                       E
And this is how the message ran


Chorus:
D       E        A            F#m
Science fiction        double feature
                (ooh ooh ooh
D      E   A                 F#m 
Doctor X,       will build a creature
           (ooh ooh ooh)
D            E        A               F#m 
See androids fighting,       Brad and Janet
                     (ooh ooh ooh)
D            E         A               F#m          
Anne Francis stars in        Forbidden Planet
                      (ooh ooh ooh)
     D                                E               A    
Wa A Oh ooo, at the late night double feature picture show



Bridge: 
A    A  G  D               

A    A  G  D  let ring... 


Verse 2:
       A
I knew Leo G. Carroll 
    G
was over a barrel
     F                     E
When tarantula took to the hills
      A                         G
And I really got hot when I saw Janette Scott
        F                             E
Fight a triffid that spits poison and kills
     A                    G
Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes
    F                         E
And passing them used lots of skills
          A                          G
But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride
           F                     E
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a


Chorus:
D       E        A            F#m
Science fiction        double feature
                (ooh ooh ooh
D      E   A                 F#m 
Doctor X,       will build a creature
           (ooh ooh ooh)
D            E        A               F#m 
See androids fighting,       Brad and Janet
                     (ooh ooh ooh)
D            E         A               F#m          
Anne Francis stars in        Forbidden Planet
                      (ooh ooh ooh)
     D                                E               A    
Wa A Oh ooo, at the late night double feature picture show


D                            E               A             F#m
Oh, at the late night double feature picture show, I wanna go
  D                                 E              A         F#m
A Oh ooo, to the late night double feature picture show, by RKO
    D                                E               A                 F#m
Wha Oh ooo, to the late night double feature picture show, in the back row
   D                                E               A
Ah Oh ooo, at the late night double feature picture show


Reprise:
D       E       A         F#m
Science fiction    double feature
D         E         A            F#m
Frank has built and     lost his creature
D            E         A            F#m
Darkness has conquered     Brad and Janet
D            E       A              F#m
The servants gone to      a distant planet
     D                            E               A             F#m
whoo Oh, at the late night double feature picture show, I wanna go
   D                            E               A  (ring out)
Ah Oh, to the late night double feature picture show