Garbage - The Creeps: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "The Creeps" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 C#                                       A  D
When I get like this, I give myself the creeps
Like a newborn cub with little shaky feet
Stumbling around, trying to find some ground
What a joke, always thrashing around
'Til I figure it out and then I choke

Chorus:
   D
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
F#m                  A
(They've got a gun against my head)
     D
I'm gonna think my way around
this wall I cannot change
F#m                  A
(They've got a gun against my head)
  D
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
F#m                  A
(They've got a gun against my head)
     D
I'm gonna think my way around this wall
I cannot change
F#m                  A
(They've got a gun against my head)

       Bm          D
In my head, in my head
       Bm          D
In my head, in my head

I was so upset I saw them selling me out
Right there on Los Feliz Boulevard
They were selling me cheap out there on the street
Poster-sized, large as life
There were tears in my eyes and so I drove on by

Chorus:
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
(My brain)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I'm gonna think my way around this wall
I cannot change (I cannot change)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
(My brain)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I'm gonna think my way around this wall
I cannot change (I cannot change)
(They've got a gun against my head)

Bm
I gotta bend or we will fall
D
My reality's a metaphor
Bm
Success is big and failure small
D
And I'm one inch shy of feeling tall

So I drove on home, my tail between my legs, hmm
I'm deadbeat tired and a bit of a mess, hmm
Feeling all refreshed and brimming with hope
All my intentions are good and then I choke

Chorus:
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
(My brain)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I'm gonna think my way around this wall
I cannot change (I cannot change)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I cannot let my feelings to keep hijacking my brain
(My brain)
(They've got a gun against my head)
I'm gonna think my way around this wall
I cannot change (I cannot change)
(They've got a gun against my head)

In my head, in my head
In my head, in my head

I give myself the creeps
I give myself the creeps


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Creeps" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Creeps" by Garbage.

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