(8 measures of G )
They sent us home to watch the show
       C             G
Comin' on the little screen

A man named Ike was in the White House
C              G
Big black limousine
Em                         G
  There were many shows to follow
     Em
From Hooter to Doodyville
         C
Though I saw them all, I can't recall
D
Which cartoon was real

Verse 2:

The coonskin caps, Yankee bats

The Hound Dog man's big start

The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears

I lusted in my heart

A young man from Boston

Set sail the new frontier

And we watched the dream dead-end in Dallas

They buried innocence that year

Chorus:
C            G     F      Em
 I know it's true,  oh so true
C         D7         G
 'Cause I saw it on TV

Verse 3:

We gathered 'round to hear the sound

Comin' on the little screen

The grief had passed, the old men laughed

And all the girls screamed

Cause 4 guys from England

Took us all by the hand

It was time to laugh, time to sing

Time to join the band

Verse 4:

But all too soon, we hit the moon

And covered up the sky

They built their bombs and aimed their guns

And still I don't know why

The dominoes tumbled

And big business roared

Every night at 6, they showed the pictures

And counted up the score

(chorus)

Verse 5:

The old man rocks among his dreams

A prisoner of the porch

The light, he said, at the end of the tunnel

Was nothin' but a burglar's torch

And them that was caught in the cover

Are all rich and free

But they chained my mind to an endless tomb

When they took my only son from me

(chorus twice)

                                   (tempo slows)
D7 G / / / 2 / / / Em / / / C / / / D7 / / / G
(T-V)