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 [backing vocal part]
          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 ADD WS SAID PRUNES GAVE HER THE RUNS [backing vocal part]
    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