Tom: G G Run E|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|-----------| E|---[0]-2-3-| C Run E|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|----------| A|---0-2-3--| E|----------| D Run (this Is What I Do Anyway) E|----------2-| B|----------3-| G|------0---2-| D|--0h2---0-0-| A|------------| E|------------| [Verse 1] G Come gather round and I'll sing you a song C About a crazy old world that was coming along G Til one day some fool made the decision D To turn on the television [Verse 2] G Of course radio reported that we'd all ignore it C And the paper said we had no time for it G But before you knew it we knew Milton Berle D And we all had a new escape from the world [Verse 3] G All tuned in and before too soon C We were watching a man walk on the moon G He made it look as easy as driving a car D Video killed the radio star I got the talking blues [Verse 4] G Talking blues are easy to do C All you gotta rhyme is a line or two G Rhyme a line or two and then D You don't ever have to rhyme again... I can say whatever I want to now... You know, within reason [Verse 5] G Say sitcom catchphrase game show nation C Television soon defied explanation G As the situation took to such a degree D That eventually we'd hear about a cable TV [Verse 6] G Of course free TV news swore we'd ignore it C And that your average family could never afford it G But again they were wrong and eventually D Everybody wanted their MTV [Verse 7] G We were all tuned in but now the shock C Was watching a kid do a thing called the moonwalk G Sliding backwards really was eventually too far D Reality killed that video star, I got the talking blues [Verse 8] G So simple at first it was hard to for see C The impending collision with reality G But it soon seemed TV turned on it self D When "the real world" came on like it was something else [Verse 9] G Of course actors all acted like they weren't floored C Hoping eventually that we'd all get bored G But one after another we pretended not to act D As we hurtled ever forward toward alternative facts [Verse 10] G Then a show called the apprentice came on and pretty soon C An old man with a comb over came along and sold us the moon G And we stayed tuned in now here we are D Reality killed by a reality star... I got the talking blues