I SAW IT ON TV – JOHN FOGERTY [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
