Biography:
The Presidents of the United States of America, commonly referred to as simply The Presidents or PUSA is a Grammy-nominated American alternative rock band. The band formed in Seattle, USA, in 1993. The three-piece currently comprises vocalist and "basitarist" Chris Ballew, drummer and vocalist Jason Finn and "guitbassist"/vocalist Andrew McKeag. Long time "guitbassist" and vocalist Dave Dederer departed the band in 2004, after 11 years. They have released five studio albums since forming in 1993.
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Other songs:
- Back Porch
- Bath Of Fire
- Cleveland Rocks
- Drool At You
- Ladies And Gentlemen Part One
- Loose Balloon
- Lump
- Mach 5
- Mixed Up Sob
- My Date With The Presidents Daughter
- Peaches
- Some Postman Is Grooving
- Sunshine
- Tiny Explosions
- Toob Amplifier
- Truckstop Butterfly
- Ventura Highway
- Video Killed The Radio Star
- Volcano
- Were Not Gonna
All the tabs I found for this song just didn't sound right, so I went through and
made one myself. Just the basic chords for the song. For it to sound pretty much
exactly like PotUSA, you need to play it with a capo on the first fret but I find
that that makes the 'oh-a-oh's a touch too high for me, so I play it without the capo.
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Video Killed The Radio Star
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Tabbed by Darren Macneall
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Capo 1st Fret
++Verse++
[C]I heard you [D] on my wireless [F] back in fifty [G] two
[C]Lyin’ [D] awake intent on [F] tuning in on [G] you
[Em]If I was [F] young it didn't [G] stop you coming through
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G]
[C] They took the [D] credit for your [F]second sympho[G]ny
[C] Rewritten [D] by machine on [F] new technolo[G]gy
[Em] And now I [F] understand the [G] supernova scene
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] I met the children
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] What can you sell them?
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[G] Oh - aoh – oh - oh – [Am] oh
[G] Oh – aoh – oh - oh - [Am] oh
++Verse++
[C]And now we [D] meet in an a[F]bandoned studi[G]o
[C]You hear the [D] playback and it [F] seems so long ag[G]o
[Em]And you re[F]member, the jin[G]gles used to go,
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] You were the first one
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] You were the last one
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[G] Oh - aoh – oh - oh – [Am] oh
[G] Oh – aoh – oh - oh - [Am] oh Alright!
++Solo++
[Em] [F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [F] [G]
[Em] [F] [G] [Am]
[F] [C] [F] (slow bit)
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [F] [G]
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[C] Pictures came, [G] broke your [Am] heart
So [C]put all the [G] blame on [F] VCR
(No guitar) You are... the radio star [x2]
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star [x7]
Video killed that radio star, yes it did
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [F] [G]
made one myself. Just the basic chords for the song. For it to sound pretty much
exactly like PotUSA, you need to play it with a capo on the first fret but I find
that that makes the 'oh-a-oh's a touch too high for me, so I play it without the capo.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video Killed The Radio Star
Presidents Of The United States Of America
Tabbed by Darren Macneall
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capo 1st Fret
++Verse++
[C]I heard you [D] on my wireless [F] back in fifty [G] two
[C]Lyin’ [D] awake intent on [F] tuning in on [G] you
[Em]If I was [F] young it didn't [G] stop you coming through
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G]
[C] They took the [D] credit for your [F]second sympho[G]ny
[C] Rewritten [D] by machine on [F] new technolo[G]gy
[Em] And now I [F] understand the [G] supernova scene
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] I met the children
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] What can you sell them?
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[G] Oh - aoh – oh - oh – [Am] oh
[G] Oh – aoh – oh - oh - [Am] oh
++Verse++
[C]And now we [D] meet in an a[F]bandoned studi[G]o
[C]You hear the [D] playback and it [F] seems so long ag[G]o
[Em]And you re[F]member, the jin[G]gles used to go,
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] You were the first one
[Em]oh-A-[F]oh [G] You were the last one
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[G] Oh - aoh – oh - oh – [Am] oh
[G] Oh – aoh – oh - oh - [Am] oh Alright!
++Solo++
[Em] [F] [G] [Am]
[Em] [F] [G]
[Em] [F] [G] [Am]
[F] [C] [F] (slow bit)
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [F] [G]
++Chorus++
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star
[C]In my mind [G]and in my [Am]car,
we [C] can't rewind [G] we've gone too [Am] far
[C] Pictures came, [G] broke your [Am] heart
So [C]put all the [G] blame on [F] VCR
(No guitar) You are... the radio star [x2]
[C]Video killed the [F] radio star [x7]
Video killed that radio star, yes it did
[G] [Am] [F] [Am] [F] [G]
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