Key:
Introduction: A G/B D x2
[Verse 1]
A G
Michael Rennie was ill 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
D E A F#m
Doctor X will build a creature
D E A F#m
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
D E A F#m
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
D
Whoa-oh-oh oh, oh,
D E A G D
at the late night double feature picture show.
A G/B D
[Verse 2]
A G
I knew Leo G. Carroll 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 skill
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
D E A F#m
Doctor X will build a creature
D E A F#m
See androids fighting, Brad and Janet
D E A F#m
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
D
Whoa-oh-oh oh, oh,
D E A
at the late night double feature picture show.
F#m D
I wanna go, Ahh oh, oh,
D E A
To the late night double feature picture show
F#m D
By RKO, Whoa oh, oh,
D E A
to the late night double feature picture show
F#m D
in the back row, Ahh ah, oh,
D E A
to the late night double feature pic... ture... show
Science Fiction/Double Feature (Reprise)
[Chorus]
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
Whoa oh, oh,
D E A
at the late night double feature picture show
F#m
I wanna go,
D
Whoa oh, oh,
D E A
To the late night double feature pic... ture...show