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Even though I couldn't care less about the Misfits' reunion, I know there are a lot of people who do. Therefore I've included the lyrics and tabs to American Psycho in this site. These lyrics and tabs have been taken directly from the Misfits Central (see Links). Go there to find the latest versions. I have not checked the tabs for inaccuracies. American Psycho Lyrics: [The following lyrics were copied from the lyric sheet and modified.] ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES --------------------- (instrumental) AMERICAN PSYCHO --------------- Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, Oh-Oh-Oh, whoa Go Inside a Wall Street mind a psycho lurks Lines of cocaine cut in Hell Obsessive hands gently grab your neck Compulsively you'll die... I hate people Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, Oh-Oh-Oh, whoa-oh Struggling to breathe, go The sweet asphyxiation and dismemberment Sex puts me in the mood to make you die Obsessive hands gently grab your neck Look into sick eyes... I hate people Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, Oh-Oh-Oh, whoa-oh Struggling to breathe Go - A machine of penalty Go - The sweet insanity Go - Fade to black tranquility Go - You're looking through the eyes of a psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho Psycho Inside a Wall Street mind a psycho lurks Lines of cocaine cut in Hell Obsessive hands gently grab your neck Compulsively you'll die... I hate people Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, Oh-Oh-Oh, whoa-oh Struggling to breathe Go - A machine of penalty Go - The sweet insanity Go - Fade to black tranquility Go - You're looking through the eyes of a psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho, whoa-oh An American Psycho Psycho, psycho, psycho, psycho SPEAK OF THE DEVIL ------------------ Traded in my bible for a little black cat The time of Armageddon's here Some call me the son of the morning God knows I'm the angel of light I drink my water from a wolf's footprint My soul's redemptive work of Christ God knows I'm the angel of light Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Devil Believers be on guard Be strong and take a stand The time of Armageddon's here Some call me the son of the morning Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Devil, devil WALK AMONG US ------------- They'll find pieces of you Scattered on the ground I am the mad man in your dreams We are the evil ones We need the planet to demonstrate We want your body to incubate Begin the breeding of an alien superior race That in which will ultimately dominate Give into what you cannot fight Walk among us Whoa-oh Walk among us The abductions have already begun All around us we've infected someone you love Initiate the start of an alien war We've already won Give into what you cannot fight Walk among us Whoa-oh Walk among us Whoa-oh Walk among us Whoa-oh Walk among us THE HUNGER ---------- We become Erupt in violence Destroy the silence Our time has come Go We are the outcasted, ancient descendents The ones who've been calling and Would you still die for the dead, yet still living Starved of a time that's now come, whoa-oh We are the children The hungry children We become Erupt in violence Seduce the silence Our time has come Go We are the kindred, Hell's ancient descendent slaves Begging the night not to go Would you still die for the dead, yet still living Starved of a life that's now gone, whoa-oh We are the children The hungry children We become Blood quench the hunger You want it, you need it Blood quench the hunger You want it, you need it Blood quench the hunger You want it, you need it Oh, whoa FROM HELL THEY CAME ------------------- In the night I hear voices calling They seem to speak my name Glowing bright I see the eyes of demons Reaching up beyond the grave And I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came Dark the night Their cries so lonely Feel their need inside I can't fight This eternal longing Feast on flesh, these ghouls tonight And I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came Oh Whoa-oh Whoa-oh Oh In the night I hear voices calling They seem to speak my name Glowing bright I see the eyes of demons Reaching up beyond the grave And I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came I think from Hell they came Oh, I think from Hell they came DIG UP HER BONES ---------------- Anything is what she is Anywhere is where she's from Anything is what she'll be Anything as long as it's mine And the door, it opens, is the way back in Or is it the way back out Anyplace is where she'll be Anyplace, she'll see you from Lies and secrets become your world Any time, anywhere, she takes me away And death climbs up the steps one by one To give you the rose That's been burnt by her son Point me to the sky above I can get there on my own Walk me to the graveyard Dig up her bones I have seen the demon's face I have heard of her death place I fall down on my knees in praise of the Horrible things that took her away And death climbs up the steps one by one To give you the rose That's been burnt by her son Point me to the sky above I can get there on my own Walk me to the graveyard Dig up her bones Point me to the sky above I can get there on my own Walk me to the graveyard Dig up her bones Bones BLACKLIGHT ---------- A pounding pulse stirs anxious feelings inside Sick breaths of undead life "Help me angel evil" cried The children of the night Take this wasted mortal life Melt me into blacklight Lie on the floor and let the body die Become the beasts in which you fear "Help me angel evil" cried The children of the night Take this wasted mortal life Melt me into blacklight "Help me angel evil" cried The children of the night Take this wasted mortal life Melt me into blacklight On Go RESURRECTION ------------ Complications inside of me Reminds me that my heart won't always beat The ugly face of death that's smiling At my rotting teeth I will die here in this sorrow I was waiting for tomorrow Palpitate the pulse until You feel my heart explode against the wall Oh Talk about me Laugh about me Cry about me Nail me to the cross I'll be a martyr for the hated The weak, the ugly, the lost I will die here in this sorrow I won't wait for tomorrow Palpitate the pulse until You resurrect my soul from the wall Whoa Talk about me Laugh about me Cry about me Nail me to the cross Whoa Whoa Whoa DEAD KINGS RISE [LP bonus track] --------------- Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, hey Bound by battle scars When the savages reigned The lord of war From his right hand man betrayed Beneath the battle field His murdered corpse they hide Oh, curse from Hell Avenge my death Avenge the lies (Oh) Flesh they stole But the soul is not begotten (Oh) Through the gates of Hell I'll seize my throne (Oh) Feel my sword Though the flesh be dead and rotten (Oh) Dead kings rise for Vengeance owed Bound by battle scars When the savages reigned The lord of war From his right hand man betrayed Beneath the battle field His murdered corpse they hide Oh, curse from Hell Avenge my death Avenge the lies (Oh) Flesh they stole But the soul is not begotten (Oh) Through the gates of Hell I'll seize my throne (Oh) Feel my sword Though the flesh be dead and rotten (Oh) Dead kings rise for Vengeance owed Woah-oh (Oh) Flesh they stole But the soul is not begotten (Oh) Through the gates of Hell I'll seize my throne (Oh) Feel my sword Though the flesh be dead and rotten (Oh) Dead kings rise for Vengeance owed Oh-oh-oh-oh, hey, hey Oh-oh-oh-oh THIS ISLAND EARTH ----------------- Furious the exodus walks Along the maddening march of death With the furor and the masses Whose supremacies is the dominion Alien bodies stiff and cold Your inner sane turns numb You transform into a rage Too naive to understand And as they go on the sacrifice grows We're living on ground zero, fire This island earth Target locked, systems checked, enter code We're living on ground zero, fire (Fire, this island earth) Locked up in a room Human beings in a cage The sentence a scienced death As they pull the triggers of ray guns Evil blackened eyes of youth Absorbing life's hidden anguish Death thrown all about the ground Or those who wouldn't fight And as they go on the sacrifice grows We're living on ground zero, fire This island earth Target locked, systems checked, enter code We're living on ground zero, fire (Fire, this island earth) We're living on this island earth (this island earth) We're living on this island earth (this island earth) We're living on this island earth (this island earth) We're living on this island earth CRIMSON GHOST ------------- Whoa I know your every move behind this face I have control over expendable slaves When confrontation comes down to the wire I'll use my Cyclotrode and commence the fire You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me Being followed, I get quick to the chase I take my Cyclotrode right out of the case Atomic force electrocutes your motor Leaving dead in flames I always escape You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me You're never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me Never gonna get me Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me Never gonna get me Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me Never gonna get me Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost Never gonna get me I'm the Crimson Ghost DAY OF THE DEAD --------------- Hell is full time to empty Human flesh feeding frenzy Woah oh, "Here comes the dead" Open graves, ghouls a plenty Zombie army machine is ready Woah oh, "Here comes the dead" When the dead come arising You see their eyes, you're hypnotized and They eat your guts out And now you're the "Living Dead" When the dead come arising You see their eyes, you're hypnotized and They eat your guts out And now you're the "Living Dead" Oh, oh, "here comes the dead" Oh, oh, "here comes the dead" Oh, oh, "here comes the dead" Oh, oh, "here comes the dead" "Here comes the dead" "Here comes the dead" "Here comes the dead" Here comes, here comes the dead THE HAUNTING ------------ The darkness bleeds violent sights It purges from within Death, it holds you in its arms And kisses you goodnight Oh, oh, oh, the darkness comes Oh, oh, oh, I feel its bite Oh, it purges from within It's over, it's over This haunting, it's over They cut my wrists, and watch me bleed Inside a dream It's over, it's over This haunting, it's over They cut my wrists and watch me bleed They stop haunting me The darkness bleeds violent sights It purges from within Death, it holds you in its arms And kisses you goodnight Oh, oh, oh, the darkness comes Oh, oh, oh, I feel its bite Oh, it purges from within It's over, it's over This haunting, it's over They cut my wrists, and watch me bleed Inside a dream It's over, it's over This haunting, it's over They cut my wrists and watch me bleed They stop haunting me MARS ATTACKS ------------ Their eyes for many centuries Peered in from space Sincere the hope, their wise believed They could teach our race But yet on Mars, a darker side Like all things that God made Their tribe of war, would heed them not "Earth they must invade" See: the fire in the skies See: them devastate the land Mars attacks: the warlord chief commands See: the humans fight and die See: our planet laid to waste Mars attacks: monsters invade the earth from space It was then, in our darkest hour When everything seemed lost The hearts of men would not concede No matter what the cost They forged a sword of sound and steel Upon the Martian doors The voice of war would thunder there And "Mars would be no more" See: the Martian cities fall See: the death of the warrior tribe Mars attacks, now their planet won't survive See: their world turn into ash See: the terror on their face Mars explodes, cast out as rubble into space Woah-oh, oh, oh Woah-oh, oh, oh Mars Attacks: monsters invade the earth from space Woah-oh, oh, oh Woah-oh, oh, oh Woah-oh, oh, oh HATE THE LIVING, LOVE THE DEAD ------------------------------ Hate the living, love the dead Smashing embryos, cut off heads Find the brain for my bride-to-be We'll bear our children, Adam and Eve Put me together with the bodies of the dead And I will wait for life and breathe again Hate the living, love the dead Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin Wake this eternal sleep she's in And we'll breed for you, on your command Hate the living, love the dead Nerves steady, hands are sure Bride reborn to view with horror Blackened eyes, blood-stained hands Hate the living, love the dead Put me together with the bodies of the dead And I will wait for life and breathe again Hate the living, love the dead Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin Wake this eternal sleep she's in And we'll breed for you, on your command Hate the living, love the dead Put me together with the bodies of the dead And I will wait for life and breathe again Hate the living, love the dead Scalpels, scissors, stitches, skin Wake this eternal sleep she's in And we'll breed for you, on your command Hate the living, love the dead Oh SHINING ------- Oh Control the urge to spit up vile worms... soul Monsters seduced by her attention Try draining the infection Whoa-go Go, oh Locked in a world of vomit-soaked skin, heaven Monsters seduced by her attention She's draining the infection "Carol Anne," the beast is calling "Carol Anne, Carol Anne," she can hear souls sing "Carol Anne," the beast it needs you Here it comes, here it comes Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV Whoa-go Go, oh Control the urge to spit up vile worms... soul Monsters seduced by her attention Try draining the infection Whoa-oh "Carol Anne," the beast is calling "Carol Anne, Carol Anne," she can hear souls sing "Carol Anne," the beast it needs you Here it comes, here it comes Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV "Carol Anne," the beast is calling "Carol Anne, Carol Anne," she can hear souls sing "Carol Anne," the beast it needs you Here it comes, here it comes Reaching out somewhere from inside your TV DON'T OPEN 'TIL DOOMSDAY ------------------------ Buried beneath the statue, the answer hides Enduring throughout the ages The transmitter lies Once the chambers open the signal will be sent To another world... far beyond the stars Don't open 'til doomsday Destruction's not far away Don't open 'til doomsday You might not like what you find Don't open 'til doomsday Destruction's not far away Don't open 'til doomsday You might not like what you find inside We were warned of this coming so long ago Immortal secrets... man shouldn't know Entering a realm where we just don't belong We called them and they're coming Don't open 'til doomsday Destruction's not far away Don't open 'til doomsday You might not like what you find inside Don't open 'til doomsday (Inside) Destruction's not far away (Inside) Don't open 'til doomsday You might not like what you find You might not like what you find inside HELL NIGHT [CD bonus track] ---------- Thirteen have come and gone Crimson death, crimson blood Rise from Hell, its fire burns everywhere Thirteen, the spell's begun Summon up the devil's son A monster born within everyone I know it must be stopped It's kill or be killed Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa The thirteen we must find Burning gives us little time Kill them fast and get away The thirteen have been slain And are laid in shallow graves We must destroy everything at the scene And I know it must be killed It's kill or be killed Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa And I know it must be killed It's kill or be killed Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa Hell night, whoa ---------------------------------------------------- All songs written by The Misfits except: "Hell Night" by Daniel Rey / The Misfits. All Misfits songs copyright Cyclopian Music. The latest version of this file is located at: http://misfits.revhq.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- American Psycho Tab: All basses and guitars tuned half-step down. Notes in parens are transitional notes. ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES ===================== transcription by J-SIN drum buildup... E B E C (2x) D C A B C B G A E B E C (2x) D C A B C B G A G F# E (segues to "American Psycho") AMERICAN PSYCHO =============== C# G# (3x) E G F G# C G# G (6x) C# G# (3x) E G F G# C G# G (6x) C# G# (3x) E G D G A (4x) D G (3x) D C# F G# C G# G (6x) C# G# (3x) E G D G A (4x) D G (3x) D C# F G# C G# G (6x) F SPEAK OF THE DEVIL ================== riff: G|-----------------| D|-----------------| The guitar doubles this riff. A|-----------------| E|-0-0-3-3-0-0-3-3-| riff (4x) riff (3x) A# A [2x] C riff (2x) riff (3x) A# A [2x] C F A# C (2x) A# A riff (2x) riff (3x) A# A [2x] C F A# C (4x) F A# C (4x) w/solo riff A# A (4x) E w/noise WALK AMONG US ============= This riff is played simile by both bass and guitar during the chorus: "E-G": G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0h3p0-0-0-3p0-3p0-| B Bb A Ab (2x) G F# E D A E D A E-G (2x) B Bb A Ab (2x) G F# E D A E-G (4x) B Bb A Ab (2x) G F# E THE HUNGER ========== transcription by J-SIN and Jerry Only B E G E A# A G (4x) E B G E (3x) A B A G G A G F# (G F#) E G E A# A G (4x) E B G E (3x) A B A G G A G F# (G F#) E G E A# A G (4x) E G E A# A G (3x) E G E A# A G FROM HELL THEY CAME =================== E B C# A D A B E B C# A D A B E B C# A D A B (B C#) D A B (B C#) (4x) E B C# A D A B E B C# A D A B (B C#) D A B (B C#) (3x) D A B C# F# C# B (2x) E B C# A D A B E B C# A D A B (B C#) D A B (B C#) (3x) D A B DIG UP HER BONES ================ Note: The verse riff is noted as "B->A". The pre-chorus riff is noted as "A->B->A". verse riff: pre-chorus riff: E|-------------------| |-------------------| B|-------------------| |-------------------| G|-------------------| |-------------------| D|-9-\-7/9\7/9\7/9\7/| |-9--9--7/9--7/9\7--| A|-9-\-7/9\7/9\7/9\7/| |-9--9--7/9--7/9\7--| E|-7-\-5/7\5/7\5/7\5/| |-7--7--5/7--5/7\5--| howl... B G A B->A (2x) B G D A B G A A B G A B->A (4x) G A A->B->A (2x) B G A B->A (4x) G A A->B->A (2x) B G D A (4x) B G A B->A (2x) B G A B->A (4x) G A A->B->A (2x) B G D A (4x) B G D A (4x) B G D A B BLACKLIGHT ========== transcription by J-SIN F C A F C (slide) A G (12x) F A F A (2x) D DE F C (slide) A G (8x) F A F A (2x) D DE F A F A F A F G D DE F C A F C A G A RESURRECTION ============ transcription by J-SIN and Mark drums... D B G A (4x) G A B A (2x) G A D C# B A G A D B G A (2x) G A B A (2x) G A D C# B A G A D B G A (4x) D B G A D DEAD KINGS RISE [LP bonus track] =============== transcription by Mark C# fades in... drums and guitar noise... C# D# E C# (3x) C# D# E C# drums... E D# G# B E C# E D# (2x) G# B E C# E D# (3x) G# B E F# D# E B (4x) E D# G# B E C# E D# (3x) G# B E F# D# E B (4x) D# E B (4x) E D# C# D# E C# C# D# E C# w/feedback THIS ISLAND EARTH ================= B F# G# F# B Bb F# G# B Bb G# F# B Bb C# (2x) B C C# (C# C) (3x) B C C# F# G# C# F# G# C# (2x) B Bb G# F# B Bb C# (2x) B C C# (C# C) (3x) B C C# F# G# C# F# G# C# (2x) C# F# G# C# (4x) C# CRIMSON GHOST ============= E (guitar only; single note) E C E D E C (bass w/guitar feedback) A G F# G (band enters) E C E D E C A G F# G (3x) E G (4x) (let chords ring) E G (4x) (faster riff) B A C (3x) B A G F# E G (4x) B A C (3x) B A G F# E G (7x) E (palm-muted) E F G A A# A G F (8x) [break] E (w/noise) DAY OF THE DEAD =============== Note: "E-trill-F" is a trill between the 7th and 8th frets of the A string. riff: E|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----------------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-----------------| D|-7-----7-----7---|-4-----4-----4---| A|-7-----7-----7---|-4-----4-----4---| E|-5---0-5---0-5-0-|-2---0-2---0-2-0-| pm pm pm pm pm pm -songflow- E G A D E-trill-F B A G F# (2x) riff (2x) A F# (2x) D E [break] riff (2x) A F# (2x) D E [break] riff (2x) D A D E B A G F# riff (2x) D A D E B A G F# riff D E (4x) D E (2x) A [break] toms... G A E D# D C# C C B w/Elvis impersonation E w/laughter THE HAUNTING ============ D A D A B G (2x) B G (3x) F# D A G D# (4x) D A D A B G (2x) B C (3x) F# D A G D# (4x) D MARS ATTACKS ============ transcription by Ryq and Jerry Only This is the quick riff that is played by both the bass and guitar during the chorus: chorus riff: E|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|-------5-------| A|-5-7-8---8-7-5-| E|---------------| effects... A A C G A A C G D D riff D riff C riff F A# D C (2x) G A A C G A A C G D D riff D riff C riff F A# D C (3x) riff D riff C riff F A# D C w/feedback effects... HATE THE LIVING, LOVE THE DEAD ============================== Notes: During the G# in the verse, guitars play descending harmonics between the third fret and the nut. "E-E-F#-G" is a quick riff played on the low E string. At the end of the song, the guitar slides between F# and G# power chords; only the more prominent chord is noted. D C# B A B C# D C# B G# F# B E F# (3x) G# F# B E C B E A G F# C B G F# E-E-F#-G (4x) [2x] G# F# B E F# (3x) G# F# B E C B E A G F# C B G F# E-E-F#-G (4x) [4x] D C# B A B C# D C# B G# w/shattering glass SHINING ======= drums... A# (this note fades in) E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# [2x] w/solo E C B (3x) E C B E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# [2x] w/solo E C B (3x) E C B C# A B (4x) C B E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# [2x] w/solo E C B (3x) E C B C# A B (4x) C B E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# C# A B (4x) C B E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# E G E AGAG (3x) E G E A# E DON'T OPEN 'TIL DOOMSDAY ======================== Note: Doyle has his guitar's volume knob turned down during the section marked "strummed"; after the B chord, he turns the knob fully on. E C# A B (strummed) E B C# G# (F# G#) A E (E F) G A B E B C# G# (F# G#) A E (E F) G A B E C# A B (3x) A B E C# A B (3x) A B E B C# G# (F# G#) A E (E F) G A B E C# A B (3x) A B E C# A B (3x) A B (2x) E (w/feedback, explosion and tape effect) HELL NIGHT [CD bonus track] ========== A B (7x) A F# G A B (3x) A F# G A (G) A D A (D A) G A (4x) A B (3x) A F# G [2x] A (G) A D A (D A) G A (4x) A B (3x) A F# G A B (3x) A F# G w/solo A (G) A D A (D A) G A (6x) A B (4x) A B ---------------------------------------------------- All songs written by The Misfits except: "Hell Night" by Daniel Rey / The Misfits. Misfits songs copyright Cyclopian Music. Unless otherwise specified, all transcriptions by: Ryq <ryq@aero.org> Corrections and additional transcriptions by: J-SIN <j-sin254@juno.com> Mark Kennedy <fiend@revhq.com> Joseph Ninosky <ninoskjm@che.orst.edu> Aaron Pacitti <anp@po.cwru.edu> Send comments/suggestions/corrections to: Misfits Central <fiend@revhq.com> The latest version of this file is located at: http://misfits.revhq.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- Here's also a "long tab" version of Dig Up Her Bones that was found at the OLGA (see Links). [ TOP OF PAGE ]

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