Video Killed the Radio Star (Rock Choir) [C]
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Intro: (Single Strums only no Drums or Base)
[F] [C] [Dm] [Am]
[F] [C] [Dm] [G] (Pause and wait for leader count in)
[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]
[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 [G] I met your children
[C] Oh a-[F]ohh [G] what did you tell them?
|Chorus:
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Pictures [G] came and [Am] broke your heart
|[G] Oh-oh-oh-a- [Am] oh
[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:
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[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
Instrumental:
[F]La da da [G] da da [C] da da [Dm] daaa
[F]La da da [G] da da [C] da da da [Dm] daaa
[F]La da da [G] da da [E7] da da da [Am] daaa
[F] [C] [Dm] [G] [G]
|Chorus:
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
|[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)
Outro:
You [C] aaaaa-[Dm]aaa-[G]are a radio [C] sta-a-a-a-[Dm]a-a-a-[G]ar
You [C] aaaaa-[Dm]aaa-[G]are a radio [C] sta-a-a-a-[Dm]a-a-a-[G]ar
(Repeat x4)
[C] Video killed the [F] radio star
(Repeat with Harmony x4)
[C] Video killed the [F] radio star (You are a Radio Star)
[C] Pictures [G] came and [Dm] broke your [Am] heart
[C] Put the [G] blame on [Dm] VC[Am*]R