Chorus
E                  A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                 B
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                 A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E            B           E
Cos they just don't like me 
E                 A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                 B
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                 A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E            B              E
'Cos I'm trying to help you see 

Verse 1
E                   B              E
Corporate capitalistic pigs, all you ads are fake 
A                         B                 
Keep lying to the sheep out there 
E
But I won't take the bait 
A                     B                
Use Pepsi and Nike, oh and VH1 
E
Calvin Klein and Tommy Jeans make it look so fun! 
A             B            E
By using all of the popular bands 
A                            B
They're selling out for more money 
A        C#m      A      B
When will all of this end? 
A                B                        E
Let's exploit sex and more through our videos... 

Chrous 
E                 A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                 B
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E                A
Why can't I be on MTV? 
E           B             E
'Cos we won't lose integrity





A                         B                     E
What you like is popular 'cos you have all the dough 
A                    B                           E
Turn the kids to zombies they don't care 'cos they don't know 
A                              B             E
Feed us lies and greed and garbage on the radio 

A                                       B
There's better music out there but you don't want us to know! 

 A                     C#m                                  
So advertise through mainstream
A                     B
movies, show off your logo 
A                      C#m                   
Stick it to some dumb pop 
               A            B
superstar that everybody knows 
A                      C#m
Totalitarian America that's just how it goes! 


Bridge (play twice through)
E, A, E, B, E, A, E, B, E

E                A              B
Why can't we be a part of your game? 
E                 A                 B
Why can't we have your fortune and fame? 
E                A           B
Why can't we all just be the same? 
A                     B                   E
'Cos we're not clones and we can think for ourselves