Chords for Dead Kennedys - M.T.V. − Get off the Air
Tempo:
82.4 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
B
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#]
[B]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[F#m] I'm the video geeky.
I always talk [B] like I'm way down on 20.
[F#m] I wear a sock baseball [C#] jacket
[F#m] everywhere I go.
My job is to help [F#] destroy what's left [Bm] of your [F#m] imagination by beating
you [Em] and your [F#m] sisters a sucker called the mindless third.
[F#] So don't be afraid.
Be safe.
Be a vegetable
at home and school.
So long, guys.
Well, if we have our way, [B] then you know me.
[F#] This is the future of rock and roll.
[F] [F#]
I'm always broke.
I'm always sick.
[B] I'm tired of my life.
I'm sick of [F#] myself.
It's a record
of death and it happens [B] again.
Can't be sure I'm not the best of [D] the imagination.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the [F#] MTV.
Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off
[F#] the air.
Get off the air.
See you later, you losers on the Muppet show.
[B] Shake with me
when you're disappointed.
Sit back, [F#] scream.
It's a matter of life or death.
They're always
wild.
Roll a ten-year [B] offer.
Come smoke [D] it as a tear.
[C#]
MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the
MTV.
[F#] Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the MTV.
Get [F#] off the air.
Get off
the air.
Get off the air.
Get off the air.
[F]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[A] [G#] [E]
[B] [A] [G#] [C#] And so it was, our beloved corporate [F#] gods
claimed they created rock video, [C#]
allowing it to sink as low in one year [F#] as commercial
TV [C#] has in 25.
It's the new [B] frontier, they say.
[A] It's wide open.
[G#] Anything can happen.
[C#] Bet you got a lot of nerve [B] to call yourself a pioneer [A] when you're too goddamn conservative
to take real chances.
[C#] Tenured, graph paper [C#m]-brained, op-outs [E] instead of music fans.
[C#] Well, there
are other shops that die in [B] record companies now.
[F#] The lowest comedy [C#] nominator rule.
Forget
[B] honesty.
Forget creativity.
[A] The dumbest by the most is [G#] that's the name of the game.
[C#] But
still, for slumping, [B] I know what you'll say.
[A] Why?
Could it be they put out one too [G#] many
lousy records?
[C#] MTV, [F#] get off the air now!
[B]
[F#] [C#] [F#]
[F#m] I'm the video geeky.
I always talk [B] like I'm way down on 20.
[F#m] I wear a sock baseball [C#] jacket
[F#m] everywhere I go.
My job is to help [F#] destroy what's left [Bm] of your [F#m] imagination by beating
you [Em] and your [F#m] sisters a sucker called the mindless third.
[F#] So don't be afraid.
Be safe.
Be a vegetable
at home and school.
So long, guys.
Well, if we have our way, [B] then you know me.
[F#] This is the future of rock and roll.
[F] [F#]
I'm always broke.
I'm always sick.
[B] I'm tired of my life.
I'm sick of [F#] myself.
It's a record
of death and it happens [B] again.
Can't be sure I'm not the best of [D] the imagination.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the [F#] MTV.
Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off
[F#] the air.
Get off the air.
See you later, you losers on the Muppet show.
[B] Shake with me
when you're disappointed.
Sit back, [F#] scream.
It's a matter of life or death.
They're always
wild.
Roll a ten-year [B] offer.
Come smoke [D] it as a tear.
[C#]
MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the
MTV.
[F#] Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the MTV.
Get [F#] off the air.
Get off
the air.
Get off the air.
Get off the air.
[F]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[A] [G#] [E]
[B] [A] [G#] [C#] And so it was, our beloved corporate [F#] gods
claimed they created rock video, [C#]
allowing it to sink as low in one year [F#] as commercial
TV [C#] has in 25.
It's the new [B] frontier, they say.
[A] It's wide open.
[G#] Anything can happen.
[C#] Bet you got a lot of nerve [B] to call yourself a pioneer [A] when you're too goddamn conservative
to take real chances.
[C#] Tenured, graph paper [C#m]-brained, op-outs [E] instead of music fans.
[C#] Well, there
are other shops that die in [B] record companies now.
[F#] The lowest comedy [C#] nominator rule.
Forget
[B] honesty.
Forget creativity.
[A] The dumbest by the most is [G#] that's the name of the game.
[C#] But
still, for slumping, [B] I know what you'll say.
[A] Why?
Could it be they put out one too [G#] many
lousy records?
[C#] MTV, [F#] get off the air now!
Key:
F#
C#
B
A
F#m
F#
C#
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] I'm the video geeky.
I always talk [B] like I'm way down on 20.
[F#m] I wear a sock baseball [C#] jacket
[F#m] everywhere I go. _
My job is to help [F#] destroy what's left [Bm] of your [F#m] imagination by beating
you [Em] and your [F#m] sisters a sucker called the mindless third.
[F#] So don't be afraid.
Be safe.
Be a vegetable
at home and school.
So long, guys.
Well, if we have our way, [B] then you know me.
[F#] This is the future of rock and roll.
_ [F] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm always broke.
I'm always sick.
[B] I'm tired of my life.
I'm sick of [F#] myself.
It's a record
of death and it happens [B] again.
Can't be sure I'm not the best of [D] the imagination.
_ [C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the [F#] MTV.
Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off
[F#] the air.
_ Get off the air. _
See you later, you losers on the Muppet show.
[B] Shake with me
when you're disappointed.
Sit back, [F#] scream.
It's a matter of life or death.
They're always
wild.
Roll a ten-year [B] offer.
Come smoke [D] it as a tear.
_ [C#]
MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the
MTV.
[F#] Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the MTV.
Get [F#] off the air.
_ Get off
the air.
Get off the air.
Get off the air.
[F] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] And so it was, our beloved corporate [F#] gods
claimed they created rock video, [C#]
allowing it to sink as low in one year [F#] as commercial
TV [C#] has in 25.
_ It's the new [B] frontier, they say.
[A] It's wide open.
[G#] Anything can happen.
[C#] Bet you got a lot of nerve [B] to call yourself a pioneer [A] when you're too goddamn conservative
to take real chances.
[C#] Tenured, graph paper [C#m]-brained, op-outs [E] instead of music fans.
[C#] Well, there
are other shops that die in [B] record companies now.
[F#] The lowest comedy [C#] nominator rule.
_ Forget
[B] honesty.
Forget creativity.
[A] The dumbest by the most is [G#] that's the name of the game.
[C#] But
still, for slumping, [B] I know what you'll say.
[A] Why?
Could it be they put out one too [G#] many _
lousy records?
_ [C#] MTV, [F#] get off the air now!
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] I'm the video geeky.
I always talk [B] like I'm way down on 20.
[F#m] I wear a sock baseball [C#] jacket
[F#m] everywhere I go. _
My job is to help [F#] destroy what's left [Bm] of your [F#m] imagination by beating
you [Em] and your [F#m] sisters a sucker called the mindless third.
[F#] So don't be afraid.
Be safe.
Be a vegetable
at home and school.
So long, guys.
Well, if we have our way, [B] then you know me.
[F#] This is the future of rock and roll.
_ [F] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm always broke.
I'm always sick.
[B] I'm tired of my life.
I'm sick of [F#] myself.
It's a record
of death and it happens [B] again.
Can't be sure I'm not the best of [D] the imagination.
_ [C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the [F#] MTV.
Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off
[F#] the air.
_ Get off the air. _
See you later, you losers on the Muppet show.
[B] Shake with me
when you're disappointed.
Sit back, [F#] scream.
It's a matter of life or death.
They're always
wild.
Roll a ten-year [B] offer.
Come smoke [D] it as a tear.
_ [C#]
MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the
MTV.
[F#] Get off the air.
[C#] MTV, get off the MTV.
Get off the MTV.
Get [F#] off the air.
_ Get off
the air.
Get off the air.
Get off the air.
[F] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] And so it was, our beloved corporate [F#] gods
claimed they created rock video, [C#]
allowing it to sink as low in one year [F#] as commercial
TV [C#] has in 25.
_ It's the new [B] frontier, they say.
[A] It's wide open.
[G#] Anything can happen.
[C#] Bet you got a lot of nerve [B] to call yourself a pioneer [A] when you're too goddamn conservative
to take real chances.
[C#] Tenured, graph paper [C#m]-brained, op-outs [E] instead of music fans.
[C#] Well, there
are other shops that die in [B] record companies now.
[F#] The lowest comedy [C#] nominator rule.
_ Forget
[B] honesty.
Forget creativity.
[A] The dumbest by the most is [G#] that's the name of the game.
[C#] But
still, for slumping, [B] I know what you'll say.
[A] Why?
Could it be they put out one too [G#] many _
lousy records?
_ [C#] MTV, [F#] get off the air now!
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