Key: E minor
Intro 1
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C#
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B
Verse 1
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Hello, honey, it's me
A
B
What did you think when you heard me back
D
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on the radio?
B
A
What did the kids say when they knew
G
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F#m
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
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D
Remember how we listened to the radio
E
A
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
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D
And how I got the job as an FM jock
E
Bm
The day you married me?
A
D
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
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But I just had to run around
G
D
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
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Bm
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
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E
I am the morning DJ
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G
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
D
A
Playing all the hits for you
E
Bm
Wherever you may be
A
E
The bright good morning voice
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G
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
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F#m
going on fifteen
Verse 3
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D
The drinking I did on my last big gig
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A
It made my voice go low
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D
They said that they like the young sounds
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Bm
When they let me go
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D
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
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To do me a late-night talk show
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D
Now I've worked my way down home again
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Bm
Here to Boise, Idaho
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Bm
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
A
E
I am the morning DJ
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G
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
D
A
Playing all the hits for you
E
Bm
Wherever you may be
A
E
The bright good morning voice
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G
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
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F#m
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
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And listen what they say to me
E
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F#m
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
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D
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
E
A
That I just take off in my car
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D
But you can travel on ten thousand miles
E
Bm
And still stay where you are
A
D
Thinking that I should stop disc jocking
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And start that record store
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D
Maybe I could settle down
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If you'd take me back once more
C#
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B
Verse 5
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Okay, honey I see
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B
I guess he's better than me
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Sure, old girl, I understand
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G
I'm such a happy man
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(W.O.L.D.)
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(W.O.L.D.)
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(W.O.L.D.)
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(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
A
E
I am the morning DJ
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at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
D
A
Playing all the hits for you
E
Bm
Wherever you may be
A
E
The bright good morning voice
F#m
G
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
F#m
going on fifteen
Outro 1
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E
I am the morning DJ
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G
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D.
W.O.L. D- D- D- D.
W.O.L. D- D- D- D.
[Fade out]
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