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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: 58
Spectres
Godzilla
0:00 / 3:41
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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00 0:10
F#5 B5:C#5:G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5  - x4

Verse: 0:20
        F#5
With a purposeful grimace
             B5 C#5   G#5
And a terrible sound he
 A5
Pulls the spinning,
          D#5 E5 B5
High tension  wires
 F#5 B5:C#5:G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5
Down.
0:31
 F#5
Helpless people
         B5   C#5  G#5
On a subway trains
   A5
Scream bug-eyed
       D#5  E5 B5
As he looks in on
  F#5 B5:C#5:G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5
Them.
0:41
    F#5
He picks up a bus and he
           B5   C#5  G#5
Throws it back down, as
    A5
He wades through the buildings
               D#5 E5  B5
Toward the center  of town.

F#5 B5:C#5:G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5

Chorus 1: 0:52
E5   E7sus4 E5   E7sus4
Oh, no,        they
 E5           E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E5        E7sus4  F#5
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
   F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 F#7sus4
Whoo.
1:03
E5   E7sus4 E5 E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E5          E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E5        E7sus4  F#5  F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#5  F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 F#7sus4
  Whoo.

Solo: 1:13 1:24
F#5 B5:C#5:G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5  - x4

Chorus 2: 1:34
E5   E7sus4 E5  E7sus4
Oh, no,        they
 E5           E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E5        E7sus4  F#5  F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#5  F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 F#7sus4
  Whoo.
1:45
E5   E7sus4 E5 E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E5          E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E5        E7sus4  F#5  F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#5  F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 E | F#
  Whoo.

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

Chorus 3: 2:28
E5   E7sus4 E5  E7sus4
Oh, no,        they
 E5           E7sus4
Say he's got to go.
E5        E7sus4  F#5  F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#5  F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 F#7sus4
  Whoo.
2:38
E5   E7sus4 E5 E7sus4
Oh, no,
  E5          E7sus4
There goes Tokyo.
E5        E7sus4  F#5  F#7sus4
  Go, go God  -  zilla.
F#5  F#7sus4 | F#5 F#7sus4 F#5 F#7sus4
  Whoo.

Instrumental: 2:49
F#5 F#5:A5 B5:C#5:G#5  - x4

Refrain: (x3) 2:59 3:10 3:20
 F#5                    B5 C#5  G#5
History shows again and again, how
 A5                         D#5 E5 B5
Nature points out the folly of man.
F#5  B5 C#5 G#5 | A5 D#5:E5:B5
  Godzilla.

Coda: 3:31
 F#5                    B5 C#5  G#5
History shows again and again, how
 A5                         D#5 E5 B5
Nature points out the folly of man.
F#5!
  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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