x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Juha Kivijarvi) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- M.T.V. - GET OFF THE AIR by Dead Kennedys ------------------------ (Biafra) Intro: F# B C# (2x bass only) F# B C# Fun Fun Fun in the fluffy chair F# Flame up the herb B C# Woof down the beer (2x and continues on background) (click!) F# B C# Hi! I'm your video DJ F# B C# I always talk like I'm wigged out on quaaludes F# B C# F# B C# I wear a satin baseball jacket everywhere I go F# B C# My job is to help destroy F# B C# What's left of your imagination F# B C# By feeding you endless doses F# B C# Of sugar-coated mindless garbage F# B C# So don't create Be sedate F# B C# Be a vegetable at home And thwack on that dial F# B C# If we have our way even you will believe (Fun fun fun... ends) F# This is the future of rock and roll (M.T.V GET OFF THE AIR!) F# B A How far will you go F# B A How low will you stoop B A B A To tranquilize our minds with your sugar-coated swill F# B A You've turned rock and roll rebellion F# B A Into Pat Boone sedation B A B D Making sure nothing's left of the imagination C# B M.T.V. Get off the C# B M.T.V. Get off the C# B F# M.T.V. Get off the air (2x) E F# Get off the air F# B A F# B A See the latest rejects from the muppet show B A Wag their tits and their dicks B A As they lip-synch on screen F# There's something I don't like B A F# B A About a band who always smiles B A Another tax write-off B D For some schmuck who doesn't care M.T.V. Get off the air... Get off the air Get off the air F# F E D# C# Get off the air (bass break - following line twice: 1st time with bass only, 2nd time with guitar playing chords above) C# B C# B F# E F# E g --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| d --------|----1---|----3---|--------|4-----4-|2\1-----|4-4-6-4-|2\1-----| a 4-4---4-|2-2---2-|4-4---4-|2---4-24|----4---|----4-2-|--------|----4-2-| e ----4---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| (and this once) C# B C# B F# E C# g --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| d --------|----1---|----3---|--------|4-----4-|2\1-----|4-------|--------| a 4-4---4-|2-2---2-|4-4---4-|2---4-24|----4---|----4-2-|--------|--------| e ----4---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| C#m B A G# (2x trumpet or something) C# B And so it was C# B Our beloved corporate gods F# E F# E Claimed they created rock video C# B C# B Allowing it to sink as low in one year F# E C# As commercial TV has in 25 C#m B "It's the new frontier," they say A G# It's wide open, anything can happen C#m But you've got a lot of nerve B To call yourself a pioneer A When you're too god-damn conservative G# To take real chances. C# B Tin-eared C# B F# Graph-paper brained accountants E F# E Instead of music fans C# B C# B Call all the shots at giant record companies now F# E C# The lowest common denominator rules C#m Forget honesty B Forget creativity A The dumbest buy the mostest G# That's the name of the game C#m But sales are slumping B And no one will say why A G# Could it be they put out one too many lousy records?!? C# B F# M.T.V. - Get off the air! F# NOW! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Some chords may be missing in the fast part and the bass line probably isn't very accurate. At least it's played higher, I think. Corrections are naturally welcome. Juha Kivijarvi [email protected]
