Key: C major
Verse 1
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
I bought a
bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred
F#
G#m
F#
thousand dollar bills
G#m
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
F#
G#m
We settled in for the night
my baby and me
F#
D#m
We switched 'round and
C#
'round 'til half- past dawn
G#m
F#
G#m
There was fifty- seven channels
F#
G#m
and nothin' on
F#
G#m
Verse 2
F#
G#m
Well now home entertainment
was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
F#
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
G#m
I came home and I pointed
it out into the stars
F#
G#m
D#m
A message came back
C#sus4
from the great beyond
C#
G#m
There's fifty- seven channels and
F#
G#m
nothin' on
F#
G#m
Verse 3
F#
C#sus4
B
Well we might'a made some
F#
friends with some billionaires
B
G#m
We might'a got all nice and friendly
F#
G#m
If we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said
C#
"Bye- bye John
G#m
Our love is fifty- seven channels
and nothin' on"
F#
G#m
Verse 4
F#
So I bought a .44 magnum
G#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
D#m
Judge said "What you got in your
C#sus4
G#m
defense son?"
"Fifty- seven channels and nothin' on"
D#m
I can see by your eyes friend
C#sus4
you're just about gone
G#m
Fifty- seven channels and nothin' on...
Outro 1
Fifty- seven channels and nothin'
G#m
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