• Song:

    Video Killed The Radio Star

  • Artist:

    Buggles

  • Album:

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C           Dm              F             G    C     Dm              F            G
I heard you on my wireless back in fifty two, lyin' awake intent on tuning in on you
Em         F               G                       Em     F  G 
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through, oh-A  oh

C              Dm              F            G   C        Dm             F           G
They took the credit for your second symphony, rewritten by machine on new technology
Em         F               G                     Em   F    G
And now I understand the problems that you see,  oh-A-oh,  I met your children
Em   F     G
oh-A-oh   What did you tell them?

C                 F           C                F
Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star
C         G/B      Am       
Pictures came and broke your heart
G                    Am 
Oh - aoh - oh - oh - oh 

C          Dm           F            G   C            Dm              F              G
And now we meet in an abandoned studio, you hear the playback and it seems so long ago
Em         F              G               Em   F    G
And you remember, the jingles used to go, oh-A-oh, you were the first one
Em   F    G              
oh-A-oh  You were the last one

C                 F           C                F
Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star
C      G/B     Am               C      G/B        Am
In my mind and in my car,  we can't rewind we've gone too far
G                    Am  G                    Am
Oh - aoh - oh - oh - oh  Oh - aoh - oh - oh - oh   Alright!

  Solo:  Em F G Am    Em F G   Em F G Am   F C F  (slow)  G Am F  Am F G

C                 F           C                F
Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star
C     G/B      Am             C       G/B        Am
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far
C         G/B       Am               C      G/B       F
Pictures came, and broke your heart, so put all the blame on VCR

C                 F
 You are... the radio star x2

C                 F        
Video killed the radio star (x7)
C                 F 
Video killed that radio star, yes it did

G Am F   Am F G
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