Video Killed the Radio Star [C]
Buggles
Intro:
[C] [Dm] [F] [G] x2
Verse 1:
[C] I heard you [Dm] on the wireless [F] back in Fifty [G] two
[C] Lying a[Dm]wake intent on [F] tuning in on [G] you
[C] If I was [Dm] young it didn’t [F] stop you coming [G] through
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [Dm] [G]
Verse 2:
[C] They took the [Dm] credit for your [F] second sympho[G]ny
[C] Rewritten [Dm] by machine on [F] new technolo[G]gy,
[C] And now I [Dm] understand the [F] problems you can [G] see
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [Dm] I met your [G] children
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [Dm] what did you [G] tell them?
|Chorus:
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Pictures [G] came and [Dm] broke your [Am] heart
|[G] Oh-oh-oh-a- [Am] oh
Verse 3:
[C] And now we [Dm] meet in an a[F]bandoned studi[G]o
[C] We hear the [Dm] playback and it [F] seems so long a[G]go
[C] And you re[Dm]member the [F] jingles used to [G] go
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [Dm] You were the [G] first one
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [Dm] You were the [G] last one
Chorus:
Pre-Chorus:
[C] In my [G] mind and [Dm] in my [Am] car
[C] We can’t re[G]wind we’ve [Dm] gone too [Am] far
[G] Oh-oh-oh-a-[Am]oh... [G] Oh-oh-oh-a-[Am]oh
|Chorus:
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Pictures [G] came and [Dm] broke your [Am] heart
|[G] Oh-oh-oh-a-[Am]oh
Post-Chorus:
[C] In my [G] mind and [Dm] in my [Am] car
[C] We can’t re[G]wind we’ve [Dm] gone too [Am] far
[C] Pictures [G] came and [Dm] broke your [Am] heart
[C] Put the [G] blame on [Dm] VC[Am]R
[*pause]
Repeat x4:
You [C] aaaaa-[F]aaare a radio [Am] sta-a-a-a-a-a-a-[G]ar
Repeat with Harmony (until count out):
(Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star)
You [C] aaaaa-[F]aaare a radio [Am] sta-a-a-a-a-a-a-[G]ar
Outro:
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