Video Killed the Radio Star
The Buggles
Written by The Buggles
As Covered by Ben Folds Five
Transcribed by Mike Sherk

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I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
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Lying awake in bed then tuning into you
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If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
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Oh-a-Oh
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They took the credit for your second symphony
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Rewritten by machiene and new technology
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Now I understand the problems you can see
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Oh-a-Oh
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I met your children
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What did you tell them?
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Video killed the radio star
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Video killed the radio star
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Pictures came and broke your heart
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Oh-a-oh-oh-Oh
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And now we meet in an abondoned studio
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We hear the playback and it seems like so long ago
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And you remember the jingles used to go
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Oh-a-Oh
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You were the first one
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Oh-a-Oh
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You were the last one
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Video killed the radio star 
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Video killed the radio star
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In my mind and in my car
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We can't rewind, we've gone too far
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Oh-a-oh-oh-Oh
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Oh-a-oh-oh-Oh

(Instrumental Verse/Piano Solo)

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Video killed the radio star
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Video killed the radio star
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In my mind and in my car
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We can't rewind, we've gone too far
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Pictures came and broke your heart
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Put the blame on VTR

(No chord)
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You arrrrrre....
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The radio starrrrrrr....
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Video killed the radio star
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Video killed the radio star

Transcription © 1999 Mike Sherk

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