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Michael Rennie was ill the day the Earth stood still, 
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but he told us where we stand. 
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And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear, 
          F                      E 
Claude Raines 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. 
  
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    Science fiction        double feature, 
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    Doctor X         will build a creature. 
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    See androids fighting         Brad and Janet 
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    Anne Francis stars in         Forbidden Planet. 
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Oh,   at the late night double feature picture show. 
  
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I knew Leo G. Carrol was over a barrel 
       F                   E 
when Tarantula took to the hills. 
       A                    G 
And I really got hot when I saw Jeanette Scott 
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fight a Tryffid that spits poison and kills. 
  
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Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes, 
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and passing them used lots of skill. 
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But when worlds collide, said George Powell to his bride, 
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I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills. 
  
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. 
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Oh,  at the late night double feature picture show. 
  
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I wanna go, oh, to the late night double feature picture show 
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By RKO, oh, to the late night double feature picture show 
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In the back row, oh, to the late night double feature picture show.