Key: C major
Verse 1
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#m
I bought a
bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred
E
F#m
E
thousand dollar bills
F#m
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
E
F#m
We settled in for the night
my baby and me
E
C#m
We switched 'round and
B
'round 'til half- past dawn
F#m
E
F#m
There was fifty- seven channels
E
F#m
and nothin' on
E
F#m
Verse 2
E
F#m
Well now home entertainment
was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
E
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
F#m
I came home and I pointed
it out into the stars
E
F#m
C#m
A message came back
Bsus4
from the great beyond
B
F#m
There's fifty- seven channels and
E
F#m
nothin' on
E
F#m
Verse 3
E
Bsus4
A
Well we might'a made some
E
friends with some billionaires
A
F#m
We might'a got all nice and friendly
E
F#m
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said
B
"Bye- bye John
F#m
Our love is fifty- seven channels
and nothin' on"
E
F#m
Verse 4
E
So I bought a .44 magnum
F#m
it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of
Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin'
the almighty peace
C#m
Judge said "What you got in your
Bsus4
F#m
defense son?"
"Fifty- seven channels and nothin' on"
C#m
I can see by your eyes friend
Bsus4
you're just about gone
F#m
Fifty- seven channels and nothin' on...
Outro 1
Fifty- seven channels and nothin'
F#m
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