[Musical Profile: genre Horror Musak, Tempo: 78 BPM (slow–moderate, resting heart rate friendly) Time Signature: 4/4] [Instrumentation: Rhodes electric piano (primary harmonic bed) Soft orchestral strings (pad) Nylon string acoustic guitar (light bossa nova comping) Upright bass (gentle, brushed) Very light percussion (shaker + brushed snare only) Cavernous horror FX: low drones, reversed piano tails, distant metallic echoes] [Key: D minor (but with major 9th lounge coloration)] [INTRO (8 bars) Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Dm9 – Gm9 – Em7♭5 – A7(#11)] [Rhodes plays soft rolled chords Strings swell gently Horror FX: distant metallic drip + reversed piano tail No percussion yet] [VERSE 1 Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Gm9 – Em7♭5 – A7(#11) – Dm9] [Bossa nova guitar enters softly Upright bass plays simple root 5 patterns Vocal: intimate, close mic, slight rasp] Please open wide Let me look inside The problem’s clear I need to drill right here [VERSE 2 Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Gm9 – Em7♭5 – A7(#11) – Dm9] [Add brushed snare (very soft) Horror FX: low sub rumble under (Uh Oh)] Now, don’t complain It’s just a little pain Uh Oh, what do I see? Another cavity? [CHORUS Chords: Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 – Gm9 Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Em7♭5 – A7(#11)] [Slight lift, but still soft Strings widen Rhodes adds gentle arpeggios Horror FX: cavernous reverb bloom on (amnesia)] Just a little anesthesia Guarantees your amnesia I get to have my fun And you won’t know what I’ve done [VERSE 3 Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Gm9 – Em7♭5 – A7(#11) – Dm9] [Guitar adds slightly more syncopation Vocal ad lib: soft chuckle after (tug and a twist)] If there’s any doubt I should pull it out A little tug and a twist Now, don’t resist [VERSE 4 Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Em7♭5 – Dm9] [Horror FX: faint metallic clatter (like dropped tools) Bass drops out for one bar on (Hell she went)] I ought to call my assistant I don’t know where the Hell she went Good help is hard to find But I don’t really mind [BRIDGE Chords: Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 – Dm9 Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Em7♭5 – A7(#11)] [Slightly more harmonic motion Rhodes plays rolling bossa nova voicings Horror FX: low choir pad, almost subliminal] I don’t need a witness All up in my business And don’t believe the rumors From all those dental doomers [INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE (8 bars) Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Em7♭5 – A7(#11]) [Rhodes melody (simple, hummable) Strings swell Guitar plays soft comping Horror FX: reversed piano + distant metallic scrape] [FINAL CHORUS Chords: Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Dm9 – Gm9 Bbmaj9 – A7(#11) – Em7♭5 – A7(#11)] [Slightly fuller strings Vocal rasp + vibrato on (fun) Horror FX: deep cavern reverb tail on final line] Just a little anesthesia Guarantees your amnesia I get to have my fun And you won’t know what I’ve done [OUTRO (4–8 bars) Chords: Dm9 – Gm9 – Em7♭5 – A7(#11) – Dm9] [Everything slowly drops out Rhodes holds final Dm9 with long reverb Horror FX: faint dental drill whine fading into silence] [laughter]
