To play acoustically, play the chords as written. To go electric, use power chords.
[Intro]
G F# Bm D A E
[Verse 1]
A G F#
Something must have happened over Manhattan
Bm D A E
Who can expound all the children this time
G F#
Could they ever, could they ever
Bm D A E
Expect such a Frankenstein, Frankenstein
A G
I remember when you were jammin'
F#
You worked at 'em and any of them
Bm D A E
There was never nothing you would ever understand
G F#
But you know who was there to be your master
Bm D
Making his demands and plans
A E
As though he's making his friends
[Verse 2]
A G
And when those plans they don't mix your style
F#
You get a feeling of your own ordeal
Bm D
That's when he starts calling you, wow
A E
Bud, you just don't know what to do
A G
So now you come around here
F#
And you're trying to take over the town
Bm D
Just because of back home, baby
A E
Oh, he puts you down
G F#
Oh, baby,
Bm D
How he puts you down
A E
I know they put you down
[Chorus]
A E
So now, you're off starting 'round here
A E
Here you ask and demand
A E
In a place where they don't expect nothing
A E
You're trying not to dirty your hands
G F#
When asking you as a person
Bm D A E
Is it a crime, is it a crime
A G F#
For you to fall in love with Frankenstein
Bm D
Is it wrong, could it be wrong
A E
Wrong, baby, don't you want a friend
A G
Cause you're trying to be so selective
F#
You never realise the whole time
Bm D
Who's the one you're loving
A E
Misunderstood like a Frankenstein
G F#
And down, down, down, just go just down
Bm D A E
Like Frankenstein, like Frankenstein
[Chorus]
A E
So now you're telling me
A E
What every time you can get down home
A E
Well don't you know there's place, it is my home
A E
So where am I gonna go
G F#
You know, when you don't expect nothing
Bm D A E
You know, when you're not alone, you know you're not alone
A G F#
Cause something must have happened over Manhattan
Bm D A E
Who can expound all the children this time
A G
Could you ever, could you ever
F# Bm D A E
Expect such a Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein
[Instrumental]
G F# Bm D A E
[Chorus]
A E
And all this shoes are too big
A E
And house jacket's too small
A E A E
How you don't know Frankenstein, a Frankenstein
G F#
We're asking you as a person
Bm D A E
Is it a crime, is it a crime
A G F#
For you to fall in love in with Frankenstein
Bm D
Wrong, could it be wrong
A E
Baby, don't you want a friend
A G F#
Well, Frankenstein, oh, Frankenstein,
Bm D A E
Frankenstein, Frankenstein
A G F#
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein,
Bm D
Frankenstein, Frankenstein
A E
Frankenstein
[Chorus]
A G
You're gonna get it, you're gonna get it
F#
You're gonna get it, from Frankenstein
Bm D
You're gonna get it, you're gonna get it,
A E
You're gonna get from Frankenstein
A
That's what I'm gonna shout about
G
Gonna scream about it,
F#
I'm gonna shout about it, bitch about it, scream about it
Bm D A E
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein
A G F#
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein
Bm D A E
Frankenstein, Frankenstein, Frankenstein,
[Outro]
I've gotta ask you one question
A G F#
Do you think that you could make it with Frankenstein?
Riff that occasionally plays during Bm-D-A-E chords:
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