_____________________ VERSE/CHORUS: FM7 You may be friendly looking on the outside, A but I know why you only wear long sleeves. FM7 And I know why you shake with the wrong hand. (FM7) Don’t try to hide it, ‘cause I do believe that… D You’re out to get me, gonna scratch out my eyes E with that atomic copper claw! E Ooh, what a surprise. D
Go ahead, take a shred, kill me dead E with that atomic copper claw! E Yeah, that’s what I said. BRIDGES: Dm Are you the grisly result of some unauthorized Cm genetics lab experiment gone wrong? Bb Was there an accident, resulting in the radioactive Dm instrument for which I wrote this song? F I know you’re planning on assassinating me with just C a couple well placed slashes to the head. Bb But nonetheless I figure, why not ask some questions now? G I won’t be asking many when I’m dead. INSTRUMENTAL: A-------- G A G A G A G (x2) G (x2) A FM7 F Am E E E G (x4) F E E G (x4) F You still deny it’s even there. All you return me is a stare. If you’re so sure of yourself, why don’t show me your hand? Am I know your secret and there’s no point lying, don’t you understand? Yes, I am well aware. I know it’s there. Am Atomic Copper Claw. F7 Atomic Copper Claw. A Am Atomic Copper Claw. E F-----A G Ab A FM7 A FM7 (D You’re out to get me, gonna scratch out my eyes E with that atomic copper claw! A An Atomic Copper Claw.