Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

INTRO (Slow single strum)Dm - - - | C - - - | F - - - |C - - - | Dm - - - |C - - -|F - - -|G - - - | (then two each)

C Dm F G C Dm F GI heard you on the wireless back in fifty-two, lying awake in bed then tuning in on you.C Dm F G C Dm G G If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through, Oh ah ah ah

C Dm F G C Dm F G They took the credit for your second symphony rewritten by machine and new technology.C Dm F G C DmAnd now I understand the problems you can see, oh ah ah ahG G C Dm G GI met your children, oh ah ah, what did you tell them?

C C F F C C F FVideo killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, C G F F G G Am AmPictures came and broke your heart, oo-oo ah-ha-ha

C Dm F G C Dm F GAnd now we meet in an abandoned studio, we hear the playback and it seems so long ago,C Dm F G C DmAnd you remember the jingles used to go. Oo-oo ah, G G C Dm G GYou were the first one. Oo-oo ah, you were the last one.

C C F F C C F FVideo killed the radio star, video killed the radio star,C G F F C G F FIn my mind and in my car, we can’t rewind we’ve gone too far. Am Am F F Am Am F F Dm G C F Dm G C F Oo-oh ah-ha- ha Oo-oh ah-ha- ha Dm G E7 Am Am Dm - - - | C - - - | F - - - |G - - - - - (!)

C C F F C C F FVideo killed the radio star, video killed the radio star,C G F F C G F FIn my mind and in my car, we can’t rewind we’ve gone too far.C G F F C G F F F F F FPictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR

C F G G C F G G C F G G C F G GAh –aah, radio star-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, Ah –aah, radio star-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ahC C F F C C F F C C F F C C F FVideo killed the radio star, video killed the radio star, Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star,C F C FVideo killed the radio star, video killed the radio star. (combine with ah-ahh bit to fade).