Tom Jones – Talking Reality Television Blues (Guitar)
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Chords
Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D G D G Well, come gather around and I'll sing you a song D G About a crazy old world that's coming along D G 'Til one day some fool made the decision D G D G D G To turn on the television D G Of course, radio reported we'd all ignore it D G D G Paper said we'd have no time for it D G D But before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle G D G D G And we all had a new escape from the world D G All tuned in, before too soon D G D G We were watching a man walk on the moon D G D G He made it look as easy as driving a car D G Video killed the radio star D G D G I got the talking blues
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D G Talking blues is easy to do D G All you gotta do is rhyme a line or two D G Rhyme a line or two and then D G D G You don't even have to rhyme again DG D G See? I can say anything I want to now D G D G Well, you know, within reason
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
D G D G Say sitcom, catchphrase, game show nation D G D G Television soon defied explanation D G As the situation took to such a degree D G D G That eventually we all heard about cable TV D G Of course, free TV news swore we'd ignore it D G D But the average family could never afford it G D G But again they were wrong, eventually D G D G Everybody wanted their MTV D G We were all tuned in, but now the shock D G D G Watching a kid do a thing called the "moonwalk" D G D G D G Sliding backwards really was eventually too far D G Reality killed that video star D G I got the talking blues
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
D G D So simple at first, it was hard to foresee G D G The impending collision with reality D G But it soon seemed TV turned on itself D G D G D G When "The Real World" came on like it was somethin' else D G Of course, actors all acted like they weren't floored D G D G Hoping eventually that we'd all get bored D G But one after the another we pretended not to act D G D G D G D G As we hurdled ever forward towards alternative facts D Then a show called "The Apprentice" came on and pretty soon
An old man with a comb-over had sold us the moon
D G D G D We stayed tuned in, now here we are G D G Reality killed by a reality star D I got the talking blues
[Outro]
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D G Hills, that is
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