Tom: C C I was down at my favorite watering hole Em With a buddy of mine that was out on parole F And we were flipping through the jukebox, Em G And talking how we'd been and how we are. C He got a library card and he'd pierced his tongue Em And a buddy in prison had turned him onto Neil Young F Em G And he thought it'd be best to play some for the entire bar. C Now he didn't know it but while he was in Jail Em I had my heart broke by a woman too wondrous to tell F Em G And we'd fallen in love to half the songs that jukebox played C So when he flattened his dollar on the side of the machine Em And I saw comes a time come on the karaoke screen F Em G I knew there was a couple things I had forgot to say: F Don't play Neil Young C Don't play Van Morrison Em F G Just let some high school emo band start versing and chorusing Dm Em F G Because there's no way it will break my heart as far as I can see C And that's why modern radio is A-OK with me. C He said a pop song used to be a powerful thing, Em You could turn on the AM and John Lennon would sing F Em G Or Frank Sinatra would be talking to all of the girls. C And you could think like a hawk or think like a dove Em Or think of a winter afternoon when you fell in love and F Em G Ten songs on a record sounded like a string of pearls. C Well, my buddy rattled on till an hour'd gone by Em And I thought I'd spit a mouthful of Beam in his eye F Em G Maybe leave him for dead, but a friend is a friend to stay. C So I listened to him talk about Johnny and June Em And how "I Don't Know Where I Stand" is a true love tune F G And I bought another round just in time to hear him say: F They don't play Sam Cooke C They don't play Merle Watson Em F G They just trade some Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham for a broke down Datsun Dm Em F G And there's no way it can break my heart as far as I can see C And that's why modern radio is a sack of monkeys to me. [Harmonica Solo] C Em G Dm C Em G Dm C G C He said it makes me so mad I want to get out and shout it Em And I smiled and said I hadn't thought that much about it F Em G And we walked out to the street and parted ways C I might've gone to a movie, but my money was spent Em So I went straight home, and Lord knows where he went F G But I wrote myself a letter to all modern DJs F Don't play Bob Dylan C Don't play Loose Ends Em F G Don't play anybody that's ever heard Sir Patrick Spens Dm Em F G Because there's no way it can break my heart, as far as I can see C And that is why modern radio is A-OK with me.