Biography:
Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, USA in 1978. During its initial eight-year run with original vocalist Jello Biafra, the band attracted controversy for their provocative content and were among the first to define the style of 1980s hardcore punk.
Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing the Reagan Administration and the American establishment in general, as well as popular culture and even the punk movement itself.
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M.T.V. - GET OFF THE AIR by Dead Kennedys
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(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-|21-----|4-4-6-4-|21-----|
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-|21-----|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!
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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]
#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)
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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-|21-----|4-4-6-4-|21-----|
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-|21-----|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]
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