Bm | A |
Demon is up in the attic to the left. My eye turns to the left to say, "No".
G | Em F# |
You say, "First, I am a special one; I never hammered my mind out.
| Bm (1st, 3rd time:) | A
I never had the bloody hammer. I never had the bloody hammer
| G
I never had the bloody hammer.
| Em F#
Never had the bloody, never had the bloody
| Bm |
Never had the bloody hammer.
Bm | A |
I am the doctor; I am the psychiatrist,
G |
to make sure they don't think or they'd hammer their minds out,
Em F# | Bm |
or that they'd have a, that they'd have a bloody hammer.
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Bm | A |
Second, I am the special one: my eyes green & blue move safely unbegotten
G |
to the left to say, "No",
Em
while the others with their hair turned white
F# | Bm
each roll their eyes back to the top of their heads
| A
and hammer the attic floor with a bloody hammer.
| G
I never had the bloody hammer.
| Em F#
I never had the bloody, never had the bloody,
| Bm
never had the bloody hammer."
[Verse 1]
| Bm | A
It's not a sledgehammer, it's not a chisel, it's not a train,
| G | Em F# | Bm | A
but a thought of unlimited horror for Dr. O'Chane. Dr. O'Chane
| G
The baby ghost says, "Beat it with your chain."
| Em F# | Bm |
The baby ghost says, "Drag your chain away, Dr. O'Chane."
Bm | A
One bat in lightning, One bat in rain.
G | Em F# | Bm | A
One bat lands wolfbane for Dr. O'Chane. Dr O'Chane.
| G
The ghost says, "Beat it with your chain".
| Em F# | Bm |
The ghost says, "Drag your chain away, Dr. O'Chane."
Bm | A
All bats are Dracula vampires, Vampires in the rain
G | Em F# | Bm | A
Vampires in the lightning for Dr. O'Chane. Dr. O'Chane
| G
The baby ghost in the 1900s says, "Beat it with your chain".
| Em F# | Bm |
The baby ghost says, "Drag your spoon, drag your chain away, Dr. O'Chane."
[Verse 1]
