Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Hemingway Huynh
Subject: p/presidents_of_the_usa/video_killed_the_radio_star.tab
The Presidents of the United States of America -
"Video Killed The Radio Star" - transcribed by Hemingway Huynh
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(Transcribed from Live version when they played at the Salem Armory)
Well, this is a pretty simple song to play. The PSUA do a pretty good rendition of this song (I heard it was a cover). You could probably play the whole song with just the major chords of D, G, E and A. Palm mute when he sings. If you play with the G6
, Em7, and Asus4, you get the muted high notes that you could hear when the play it live. I wrote this tab after I saw them play it live at the Salem Armory in lovely Salem, Oregon. He actually only uses the major chords on the second verse.
Here it is:
Verse 1: All the chords are played barred
D G (slide-->)Em7 Asus4 A5
I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two
Lying a-wake in bed then tuning in on you
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
Oh oh.
Verse 2:
D G A
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine and new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see
Ohoh I met your children
Ohoh What did you tell them ?
Chorus:
D A
Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star
D A G
Pictures came and broke your heart
A Bm
(this is the long part where he keeps doing oh ahh oh and waits)
Verse 3:
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go
Ohoh You were the first one
Ohoh You were the last one
CHORUS
D A G
In my mind and in my car, we
can't re-wind we've gone to far
A Bm
Ohoh......
Ohoh......
Solo: (this is a really rough version of the solo, please improvise)
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------13---11-----------------------------13---11------------10-----
G ----9----------12--10-------------------9----------12--10-12--------
D --9--------------------12---8---------9-------------------------12--
A --------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------
B ------12---10-----------------
G ----9----------12--11--9------
D --9-----------------------12--
A ------------------------------
E ------------------------------
CHORUS
OUTRO
D A G
In my mind and in my car, we
can't re-wind we've gone to far
Pictures came and broke your heart
Put the blame on VTR
Comments: Please Send to hhuynh@uofport.edu
Peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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