Video Killed the Radio Star

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

4   4   -4 -4 4   4   -4
I heard you on the wireless
-4 4   4 -4 -4
Back in Fifty Two
4 4 -4 -4 4 4 -4 -4 4 4 -4 -4
Lying awake intently tuning in on you.
4 4 -3   -3   -3” -3” -3”
If I was young it did-n't
-3”   3   3 -3”    3
Stop you coming through.
6 7 -6
Oh- oh

Verse 1:
4    4   -4 -4 4
They took the credit
4   -4 -4 4 4 -4 -4
For your second symphony.
4   4 -4 -4 4 4   -4 -4   4 4 -4 -4
Rewritten by machine on new technology,
4   4 -3 -3 -3” -3” -3”
And now I understand the
-3” 3    3   3   3
Problems you can see.
6 7 -6
Oh- oh
4 -4   4    5 -4 4
I met your children
6 7 -6
Oh- oh
4   -4   4   5   -4 4
What did you tell them?
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the ra-di-o star.
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the radio star.
5   5    -4 -4   -5    4     4
Pictures came and broke your heart.
4 3 4 5 4
Oh uh uh uh oh

Verse 2:
And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it
Seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh- oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a oh
You were the last one.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind We've gone too far
Oh uh uh uh oh,

4 3 4 5 4
Oh-uh uh uh oh
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the ra-di-o star.
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the radio star.
5 5   -4   -4 -5 4   4
In my mind and in my car,
-4 5    5 -4   -4    -5   4   4
We can't rewind we've gone too far.
5   5    -4 -4   -5    4     4
Pictures came and broke your heart,
5   5   -4   -4 -5 4 4
Put the blame on V C R.
3   6 6 6 -6 5
You are a radio star.
3   6 6 6 -6 5
You are a radio star.

(repeat fading out)
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the ra-di-o star.
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the radio star.
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the ra-di-o star.
5 6 6   6     6 6 -6 -5 -5
Video killed the radio star.

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