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I Saw It On T.V. by John Fogerty
I Saw It On T.V.
Capo:no capo
(8 measures of G)
They sent us home to watch the show
C G
Comin' on the little screen
A man named Ike was in the White House
C G
Big black limousine
Em G
There were many shows to follow
Em
>From Hooter to Doodyville
C
Though I saw them all, I can't recall
D
Which cartoon was real
Verse 2:
The coonskin caps, Yankee bats
The Hound Dog man's big start
The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears
I lusted in my heart
A young man from Boston
Set sail the new frontier
And we watched the dream dead-end in Dallas
They buried innocence that year
CHORUS:
C G F Em
I know it's true, oh so true
C D7 G
'Cause I saw it on TV
Verse 3:
We gathered 'round to hear the sound
Comin' on the little screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
And all the girls screamed
'Cause 4 guys from England
Took us all by the hand
It was time to laugh, time to sing
Time to join the band
Verse 4:
But all too soon, we hit the moon
And covered up the sky
They built their bombs and aimed their guns
And still I don't know why
The dominoes tumbled
And big business roared
Every night at 6, they showed the pictures
And counted up the score
(chorus)
Verse 5:
The old man rocks among his dreams
A prisoner of the porch
The light, he said, at the end of the tunnel
Was nothin' but a burglar's torch
And them that was caught in the cover
Are all rich and free
But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
When they took my only son from me
(chorus twice)
(tempo slows)
D7 G / / / 2 / / / Em / / / C / / / D7 / / / G
(T-V)
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version 2
Capo:no capo
[G] They sent us home to watch the show
Comin' [C] on the little [G] screen
A man named Ike was in the White House
[C] Big black limou [G] sine
[Em] There were many shows to [G] follow
From [Em] Hooter to Doodyville
Though I [C] saw them all, I can't recall
[D] Which cartoon was real
[G] The coonskin caps, Yankee bats
The [C] Hound Dog man's big [G] start
The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears
[C] I lusted in my [G] heart
[Em] A young man from [G] Boston
Set [Em] sail the new frontier
And we [C] watched the dream dead-end in Dallas
They [D] buried innocence that year
[C] I know it's [G] true [F], oh so [Em] true
[C]'Cause I [D7] saw it on [G] TV
[G] We gathered 'round to hear the sound
Comin' [C] on the little [G] screen
The grief had passed, the old men laughed
[C] And all the girls [G] screamed
[Em]'Cause 4 guys from [G] England
Took us [Em] all by the hand
It was [C] time to laugh, time to sing
[D] Time to join the band
[G] But all too soon, we hit the moon
[C]And covered up the [G] sky
They built their bombs and aimed their guns
[C] And still I don't know [G] why
[Em] The dominoes [G] tumbled
And big [Em] business roared
Every [C] night at 6, they showed the pictures
And [D] counted up the score
[C] I know it's [G] true [F], oh so [Em] true
[C]'Cause I [D7] saw it on [G] TV
[G] The old man rocks among his dreams
A [C] prisoner of the [G] porch
The light, he said, at the end of the tunnel
Was [C] nothin' but a burglar's [G] torch
And [Em] them that was caught in the [G] cover
Are all [Em] rich and free
But [C] they chained my mind to an endless tomb
When [D] they took my only son from me
[C] I know it's [G] true [F], oh so [Em] true
[C]'Cause I [D7] saw it on [G] TV
[C] I know it's [G] true [F], oh so [Em] true
[C]'Cause I [D7] saw it on [G] TV
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version 3
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G G
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b|----7--7---4-------
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d|-------------------
a|-------------------
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[Verse 1]
G C G
They sent us home to watch the show comin' on the little screen;
G C G
A man named ike was in the white house, big black limousine;
Em G Em G
There were many shows to follow, from 'hooter' to 'Dootyville
C D
Though I saw them all, I can't recall which cartoon was real.
G C G
The coon-skin caps, yankee bats, the "hound dog" man's big start;
G C G
The a-bomb fears, annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.
Em G Em G
A young man from boston set sail the new frontier,
C
And we watched the dream dead-end in dallas,
D
They buried innocence that year.
C G D Em C D7 G
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on tv.
[Verse 2]
G C G
We gathered round to hear the sound comin' on the little screen,
G C G
The grief had passed, the old men laughed, and all the girls screamed
Em G Em G
'cause four guys from england took us all by the hand,
C D
It was time to laugh, time to sing, time to join the band.
G C G
But all too soon, we hit the moon, and covered up the sky;
G C G
They built their bombs, and aimed their guns, and still I don't know why
Em G Em G
The dominoes tumbled and big business roared;
C D
Every night at six, they showed the pictures and counted up the score.
C G D Em C D7 G
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on tv.
[Verse 3]
G C G
The old man rocks among his dreams, a prisoner of the porch;
G
"the light," he says "at the end of the tunnel,
C G
Was nothin' but a burglar's torch.
Em G Em G
And them that was caught in the cover are all rich and free,
C
But they chained my mind to an endless tomb
D
When they took my only son from me.
C G D Em C D7 G
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on tv.
C G D Em C D7 G
I know it's true, oh so true, 'cause I saw it on tv.
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version 4
Capo:no capo
Tuning:standard
Intro
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B|----7--7---4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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They sent us home to watch the show comming on the little screen
A man named Ike was in the white house big black limosine
There were many shows that followed from hooter to dootyville
Though I saw them all I can't recall which cartoon were real
The coons skin caps Yankee bats the hound dog mans big start
The A bomb fears Annette had ears I lusted in my heart
A young man from Boston said "sail the new frontier"
And we watched the dream dead end in Dallas
They buried innocents that year
I know it's true oh so true cause I saw it on T.V.
We gathered round to hear the sound comming on the little screen
The grief had passed the old men laughed and all the girls screamed
Cause four guys from England tooks all by the hands
It was time to laugh time to sing time to join the band
But all too soo we hit the moon and covered up the sky
They built the bombs and aimed their guns and still i don't know why
The dominoes tumbled and big buisness roared
Every night at six they showed the pictures and counted up the score
I know it's true oh so true cause I saw it on T.V.
The Old man rocks among his dreams a prisoner of the porch
The light he said at the end of the tunnel
Was nothing but a burglars torch
And them that was caught in the cover are all rich and free
But they chained my mind to an endless tune
When they took my only son from me
I know it's true oh so true cause I saw it on T.V.
I know it's true oh so true cause I saw it on T.V.
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