Chords for Battle Beast and Barbie Tom Chapin

_ _ Here's a request.
We'll see if we get through this.
This is a song that Michael [Db] and I wrote in a fit of madness
_ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] You say do do do do do [E] try that one [Dm] time
_ [D] _ _ Everybody come on now
Do do [C] do do, [F] she was just like the girl next door, [Dm] that lived next to the factory
_ that [Bb] makes plastic toys [Gm] for girls and boys.
[F] Called her [C] Barbie _ _
_ _ [F] He was the newest _ metal monster from [Dm] the wrong end of the galaxy _
_ _ [Bb] They made violets and that [C] one time they fell in love
[Bb] The battle [Gm] beast and [F] Barbie
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] From the moment that she saw his [F] face
Come screaming in from outer space
[C] She knew somehow that it was meant [F] to be
_ _ [Gm] _ She [Bb] said, he's a rebel from baby too
[Dm] _
_ _ Cause it's hard, it's true
[Bb]
The battle [F] beast is _ everywhere
[C] _
_ _ [Bb] The battle [Am] beast [F] and Barbie
Doo-doo-doo, _ doo-doo, _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] do [C] _ _ [G] _
_ -doo _ _ _ _ _ _ -doo
[F] She would wait on the edge of the town
[Dm] Dressed in her best, a criminal gown
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ He'd tell _ _ [F] _
_ the universe apart, _ [Dm]
and melt her little plastic heart.
[Bb] _
No one had [C] ever made her feel so [Bb]
queer [Am] inside.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ But her daddy said, you can't see him [C] no more.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] And her mama said, about that nice boy, [F] Ken Nagle, oh.
_ _ _ _ [C] I thought you liked him.
_ _ You [Bb] said you liked him.
Barbie said, _ [D] oh, mom.
[A] _ _ _ And Ken said, [Bb] _ Barbara, _ I'd do anything [Dm] for you.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ And this is [Bb] just some kind of a [F] silly [Bb] _ phase you're [F] going through.
_ _ [D] _ _ Will you [C] go with me to the prom?
_ _ [Bb] She'll go with me.
_ _ But Barbie [D] just turned [E] away.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Well, the night at the prom, and the gym was packed,
[Dm] all filled with noise and light.
[D] _ _
[Bb] And all the dolls [Gm] were asking Ken, where's [C] Barbie? _ _ _ _ _
[F] And the music stopped, and the building shook,
and [Dm] a howl linked the night.
_ [Bb] And the doors blew [C] down, and there they stood,
[F]
the [G] battle beast and Barbie. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ She looked so perfect, all pink and white.
And he [Dm] was a mutant monster, dark as the night.
_ _ [Bb] The crowd fell [Gm] back with a gasp [F] for [C] fear.
_ _ [A]
Do it [C] again.
_ [F] And Ken stepped out on the parquet [E] floor.
He said, [Dm] I just can't take this anymore.
_ You, [Bb] we don't want [C] your kind _ [F] around. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They're friends. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Barbie said, wait, wait, you don't understand.
And [Dm] then she saw the droid void in his hand.
[Bb] Ken's body shook [Gm] as he slammed the baton.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
Do it again.
[F] His aim was true, his aim was straight.
[Dm] The dial was set on the city.
[Bb] He _ vaporized [C] that mutants _ [F] heart and crumb. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Barbie cradled the beast against her breasts.
[Am] _ [Dm] A smoke rose faintly from his chest.
[Am] _ [Bb] Somewhere in the night, [Gm] _ a church bell [C] chimed. _ _
[C] Do it again.
_ _ Do it again.
_ One more time, but now. _
Do it again.
[F] She met his blue metallic stare.
[Dm] He ran his claw through her platinum hair.
He [Bb] whispered, _ again, [C] we just _ _ [Am] _ ran out of [B] time.
[G] _ _ _ From [Bb] the moment that she saw his face,
[F]
he kept screaming in from outer space.
_ [C]
She knew somehow that it was meant [F] to be.
_ _ _ She [Bb] said, he's a rebel from Vega II,
but I [Dm] love him, and his heart is true.
_ [Bb]
The metal [F] beast is in the face.
[C] _
_ _ [Bb] The metal [Gm] beast and [F]
Barbie. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Do [Dm] it _ _ _ _ again.
Do it [Bb] _ _ again.
Do it again.
Do it [C] again.
Do it again.
_ Do it again.
[F] _ _ _ _ _
Do it [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] again.
Do it again.
Do it _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
again.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _