Video killed the radio star (capo 1st) (Listen to midi)

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1. I heard you on the wireless back in fifty-two,

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lying awake in bed then tuning in on you.

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If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through,

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oh ah, oh ah.

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2. They took the credit for your second symphony,

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rewritten by machine and new technology.

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And now I understand the problems you can see.

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Oh ah, oh ah, I met your children.

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Oh ah, oh ah, what did you tell them ?

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Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star.

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Pictures came and broke your heart. Oh, ah ah oh.

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3. And now we meet in an abandoned studio,

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we hear the playback and it seems so long ago,

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and you remember the jingles used to go.

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Oh ah, oh ah, you were the first one.

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Oh ah, oh ah, you were the last one.

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Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star.

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In my mind and in my car, we can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.

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Oh, ah ah oh, oh, ah ah oh.

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Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star.

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In my mind and in my car, we can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.

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Pictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR.

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Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star. (4x) …

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(Buggles)