Chords for "Talking Reality Television Blues" - Todd Snider (Official Video)
Tempo:
100.55 bpm
Chords used:
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D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D] [A]
Well, come gather round and I'll sing you a [D] song of the crazy old world that was [A] coming
along, until one day some fool made the decision [E] to turn on the television.
[A] Of course, radio reported we'd all ignore it, [D] the paper said we had no time [A] for it,
but before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle [E] and we all had a new escape from the world.
[A] All tuned in before too soon, [D] we were watching a man walk on the moon.
[A] He made it look as easy as driving a car.
[E] Video killed the radio star.
[A] I got the talking blues.
Talking blues are easy as dew.
[D] All you gotta rhyme is a line [A] or two.
Rhyme a line or two and then [E] you don't ever have to rhyme [A] again.
See?
[D] I can say whatever I want to [E] now.
You know, within reason.
[A]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Say sitcom catchphrase, game show nation, [D] television soon defied [A] explanation as the
situation took [E] to such a degree that eventually we'd hear about a cable TV.
Of [A] course, free TV news swore we'd ignore [D] it, the average family could never [A] afford
it, but again they were wrong.
Eventually, [E] everybody wanted their MTV, [A]
we were all tuned in, but now the shock [D] was watching
a kid do a thing called [A] the moonwalk, sliding backwards, really, [E] eventually too far.
Reality killed that [A] video star.
I got the talking blues.
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
So simple at first, it was hard to foresee [D] the impending collision with reality, [A] but
it soon seemed TV turned on itself when [E] the real world came on like it was something else.
[A] Of course, actors all acted like they weren't floored, [D] hoping eventually that we'd all get
[A] bored, but one after the other we pretended not to act [E] as we hurtled ever forward toward alternative facts.
Then [A] a show called The Apprentice came on and pretty soon [D] an old man with a comb over
it sold [A] us the moon, and we stayed tuned in, and now here we [E] are, reality killed by
a reality star, [A] got the talking blues.
[D]
[E] Hills, that is.
[A]
Well, come gather round and I'll sing you a [D] song of the crazy old world that was [A] coming
along, until one day some fool made the decision [E] to turn on the television.
[A] Of course, radio reported we'd all ignore it, [D] the paper said we had no time [A] for it,
but before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle [E] and we all had a new escape from the world.
[A] All tuned in before too soon, [D] we were watching a man walk on the moon.
[A] He made it look as easy as driving a car.
[E] Video killed the radio star.
[A] I got the talking blues.
Talking blues are easy as dew.
[D] All you gotta rhyme is a line [A] or two.
Rhyme a line or two and then [E] you don't ever have to rhyme [A] again.
See?
[D] I can say whatever I want to [E] now.
You know, within reason.
[A]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Say sitcom catchphrase, game show nation, [D] television soon defied [A] explanation as the
situation took [E] to such a degree that eventually we'd hear about a cable TV.
Of [A] course, free TV news swore we'd ignore [D] it, the average family could never [A] afford
it, but again they were wrong.
Eventually, [E] everybody wanted their MTV, [A]
we were all tuned in, but now the shock [D] was watching
a kid do a thing called [A] the moonwalk, sliding backwards, really, [E] eventually too far.
Reality killed that [A] video star.
I got the talking blues.
[D] [A]
[E] [A]
So simple at first, it was hard to foresee [D] the impending collision with reality, [A] but
it soon seemed TV turned on itself when [E] the real world came on like it was something else.
[A] Of course, actors all acted like they weren't floored, [D] hoping eventually that we'd all get
[A] bored, but one after the other we pretended not to act [E] as we hurtled ever forward toward alternative facts.
Then [A] a show called The Apprentice came on and pretty soon [D] an old man with a comb over
it sold [A] us the moon, and we stayed tuned in, and now here we [E] are, reality killed by
a reality star, [A] got the talking blues.
[D]
[E] Hills, that is.
[A]
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, come gather round and I'll sing you a [D] song of the crazy old world that was [A] coming
along, until one day some fool made the decision [E] to turn on the television.
_ _ _ [A] Of course, radio reported we'd all ignore it, [D] the paper said we had no time [A] for it,
but before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle [E] and we all had a new escape from the world.
[A] All tuned in before too soon, [D] we were watching a man walk on the moon.
[A] He made it look as easy as driving a car.
[E] Video killed the radio star.
[A] I got the talking blues.
_ Talking blues are easy as dew.
[D] All you gotta rhyme is a line [A] or two.
Rhyme a line or two and then [E] you don't ever have to rhyme [A] again.
See?
_ _ _ [D] I can say whatever I want to [E] now.
_ You know, _ within reason.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ Say sitcom catchphrase, game show nation, [D] television soon defied [A] explanation as the
situation took [E] to such a degree that eventually we'd hear about a cable TV.
Of _ [A] course, free TV news swore we'd ignore [D] it, the average family could never [A] afford
it, but again they were wrong.
Eventually, [E] everybody wanted their MTV, [A]
we were all tuned in, but now the shock [D] was watching
a kid do a thing called [A] the moonwalk, sliding backwards, really, [E] eventually too far.
Reality killed that [A] video star.
I got the talking blues.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
So simple at first, it was hard to foresee [D] the impending collision with reality, [A] but
it soon seemed TV turned on itself when [E] the real world came on like it was something else.
[A] Of course, actors all acted like they weren't floored, [D] hoping eventually that we'd all get
[A] bored, but one after the other we pretended not to act [E] as we hurtled ever forward toward alternative facts.
Then [A] a show called The Apprentice came on and pretty soon [D] an old man with a comb over
it sold [A] us the moon, and we stayed tuned in, and now here we [E] are, reality killed by
a reality star, [A] got the talking blues.
[D] _
_ _ _ [E] Hills, that is. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, come gather round and I'll sing you a [D] song of the crazy old world that was [A] coming
along, until one day some fool made the decision [E] to turn on the television.
_ _ _ [A] Of course, radio reported we'd all ignore it, [D] the paper said we had no time [A] for it,
but before you knew it, you knew Milton Berle [E] and we all had a new escape from the world.
[A] All tuned in before too soon, [D] we were watching a man walk on the moon.
[A] He made it look as easy as driving a car.
[E] Video killed the radio star.
[A] I got the talking blues.
_ Talking blues are easy as dew.
[D] All you gotta rhyme is a line [A] or two.
Rhyme a line or two and then [E] you don't ever have to rhyme [A] again.
See?
_ _ _ [D] I can say whatever I want to [E] now.
_ You know, _ within reason.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ Say sitcom catchphrase, game show nation, [D] television soon defied [A] explanation as the
situation took [E] to such a degree that eventually we'd hear about a cable TV.
Of _ [A] course, free TV news swore we'd ignore [D] it, the average family could never [A] afford
it, but again they were wrong.
Eventually, [E] everybody wanted their MTV, [A]
we were all tuned in, but now the shock [D] was watching
a kid do a thing called [A] the moonwalk, sliding backwards, really, [E] eventually too far.
Reality killed that [A] video star.
I got the talking blues.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
So simple at first, it was hard to foresee [D] the impending collision with reality, [A] but
it soon seemed TV turned on itself when [E] the real world came on like it was something else.
[A] Of course, actors all acted like they weren't floored, [D] hoping eventually that we'd all get
[A] bored, but one after the other we pretended not to act [E] as we hurtled ever forward toward alternative facts.
Then [A] a show called The Apprentice came on and pretty soon [D] an old man with a comb over
it sold [A] us the moon, and we stayed tuned in, and now here we [E] are, reality killed by
a reality star, [A] got the talking blues.
[D] _
_ _ _ [E] Hills, that is. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _