How far will you go
F# B A
How low will you stoop
B A
To tranquilize our minds
B A
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
Making sure nothing’s
D
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
C# B
M.T.V. Get off the air…
E F#
Get off the air
E F#
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——- x2
a-4-4—4-2-2—2-4-4—4-2—4-24—-4——-4-2————-4-2-
e—–4———————————————————–
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– x1
e—–4——————————————–
C#m B A G# }x2
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!
