Video Blues chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Well, the latest
craze going around
F 
C 
Is called the video cassette recorder
And I was the first one in my town
D 
G 
To send off my money order

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Verse 2

Well, I thought that thing

Would never get here

But old UPS came through

I ripped the box apart

and bless their hearts

They sent a free movie too

Verse 3
Well I hooked it up once and
I hooked it up twice
F 
C 
And eight or nine more times
I had it all wrong
But I finally got it right
D 
G 
Just play, stop, rewind

Verse 4
C 
I grabbed the movie they sent and
I shoved it right in
F 
C 
It was called The X- Rated Reviews
F 
Now, I seen movies where folks kiss
C 
Am 
A 
But I never seen nothing like this
D 
G 
Oh Lord, I got the video blues
C 

Verse 5
Well, I drove downtown
to join the tape club
F 
C 
And friends, I've got some news
Most all the movies they had down there
D 
Was just like they one they
G 
sent me too

Verse 6
C 
I bought Star Wars, Jaws, Poltergeist
F 
C 
Superman 1 and 2 when
F 
they ad ded it up
C 
A 
I'd spent three hundred bucks
D 
G 
C 
I got the video blues

Verse 7
C 
I got the video blues,
don't know what to do
G 
This could get expensive
I want a camera to zoom,
remote control too
C 
So I can make documentaries
Now they're trying to pass laws
About copyrights and all
F 
C 
And taping things off of the tube
F 
I'd probably be better off if
C 
They'd haul this thing off
D 
G 
'Cause I've got the video blues
C 
D 

Verse 8
Well, I called my girl to come on over
G 
D 
'Cause I had new movies to show
I started her off with Smokey
and the Bandit
E 
A 
I thought I'd kind of take it slow

Verse 9
D 
But later that night when
the time was right
G 
D 
I showed one called Swedish Ways
G 
She said, "Well, I've never
D 
In my life, well, i guess it's alright
Bm 
E 
A 
D 
Hey yeah, go on, let it play

Verse 10
D 
Dm 
I got the video blues,
D 
what have I  got into?
A 
This thing has taken my place
She don't wanna hug or
make any love
She just sit's there with that
D 
Funny look on her face i came on too strong
I shoulda known all along
G 
What I  was getting into
D 
G 
She won't give me a kiss
D 
'cause she's afraid
Bm 
she'll miss
E 
A 
D 
Something from the Movies Review

Verse 11
D 
I've got the video blues
Don't know what to do
A 
And this could get expensive
I want a camera to zoom,
remote control too
D 
So I can make home documentaries
Now they're trying to pass laws
About copyrights and all
G 
And taping things off of
D 
the tube
G 
I'd probably be better off if
D 
They'd haul this thing off
Bm 
E 
A 
D 
'Cause I  got the video blues

Verse 12
D 
G 
I'd be so much better off if
D 
Bm 
They'd haul this stuff off
E 
A 
D 
G 
D 
'Cause I got the video blues
Hey baby, it's me i'm still here
Hey, look at me!