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Spectres

Godzilla

Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Album: Spectres (1977)
Music and lyrics by Donald Roeser
Added on Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Hits: 56
Spectres
Godzilla
0:00 / 3:41
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00 0:10
F# B:C#:G# | A D#:E:B  - x4

Verse: 0:20
        F#
With a purposeful grimace
             B  C#    G#
And a terrible sound he
 A
Pulls the spinning,
          D#  E B
High tension wires
 F# B:C#:G# | A D#:E:B
Down.
0:31
 F#
Helpless people
         B    C#   G#
On a subway trains
   A
Scream bug-eyed
       D#   E  B
As he looks in on
  F# B:C#:G# | A D#:E:B
Them.
0:41
    F#
He picks up a bus and he
           B    C#   G#
Throws it back down, as
    A
He wades through the buildings
               D# E   B
Toward the center of town.

F# B:C#:G# | A D#:E:B

Chorus 1: 0:52
E    E7sus4 E   E7sus4
Oh, no,       they
 E            E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E         E7sus4  F#
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# F#7sus4
Whoo.
1:03
E    E7sus4 E E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E           E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E         E7sus4  F#   F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# F#7sus4
  Whoo.

Solo: 1:13 1:24
F# B:C#:G# | A D#:E:B  - x4

Chorus 2: 1:34
E    E7sus4 E   E7sus4
Oh, no,       they
 E            E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E         E7sus4  F#   F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# F#7sus4
  Whoo.
1:45
E    E7sus4 E E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E           E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E         E7sus4  F#   F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# E | F#
  Whoo.

Instrumental: 1:58 2:08 2:18
F#7  - x12

Chorus 3: 2:28
E    E7sus4 E   E7sus4
Oh, no,       they
 E            E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E         E7sus4  F#   F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# F#7sus4
  Whoo.
2:38
E    E7sus4 E E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E           E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E         E7sus4  F#   F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#   F#7sus4 | F# F#7sus4 F# F#7sus4
  Whoo.

Instrumental: 2:49
F# F#:A B:C#:G#  - x4

Refrain: (x3) 2:59 3:10 3:20
 F#                     B C#    G#
History shows again and again, how
 A                          D#  E  B
Nature points out the folly of man.
F# B  C#   G# | A D#:E:B
  Godzilla.

Coda: 3:31
 F#                     B C#    G#
History shows again and again, how
 A                          D#  E  B
Nature points out the folly of man.
F#!
  Godzilla.

Key

key
B
original
key
B
C A#
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

Live 1977
The Capitol Center 1978
iHeart Radio Theater N.Y.C. 2012
Lock-down 2020

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