Key: E minorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
Dm
C#aug
F/C
Bm7b5
Verse 1
Dm
C#aug
Hello, honey, it's me
F/C
Bm7b5
What did you think when you heard me back
Bbmaj7
Dm/A
on the radio?
Gsus2
F
What did the kids say when they knew
Ebmaj7b5
Dm7
Dm7
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
Dm7
Bbmaj7
Remember how we listened to the radio
C
F
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
Dm7
Bbmaj7
And how I got the job as an FM jock
C
Gm
The day you married me?
F
Bbmaj7
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
C
Dm7
But I just had to run around
Ebmaj7
Bbmaj7
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
C
Gm
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
F
C
I am the morning DJ
Dm
Ebmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Bb
F
Playing all the hits for you
C
Gm
Wherever you may be
F
C
The bright good morning voice
Dm
Ebmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Bb
F
Feeling all of forty-give
C
Dm7
Dm7
going on fifteen
Verse 3
Dm7
Bbmaj7
The drinking I did on my last big gig
C
F
It made my voice go low
Dm7
Bbmaj7
They said that they like the young sounds
C
Gm
When they let me go
F
Bb
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
C
Dm7
To do me a late-night talk show
Ebmaj7
Bb
Now I've worked my way down home again
C
Gm
Here to Boise, Idaho
C
Gm
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
F
C
I am the morning DJ
Dm
Ebmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Bb
F
Playing all the hits for you
C
Gm
Wherever you may be
F
C
The bright good morning voice
Dm
Ebmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Bb
F
Feeling all of forty-give
C
Dm7
Dm7
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
C
A7
And listen what they say to me
C
Dm7
Dm7
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
Dm7
Bbmaj7
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
C
F
That I just take off in my car
Dm7
Bbmaj7
But you can travel on ten thousand miles
C
Gm
And still stay where you are
F
Bb
Thinking that I should stop disc jocking
C
Dm7
And start that record store
Ebmaj7
Bb
Maybe I could settle down
C
Dm
If you'd take me back once more
C#aug
F/C
Bm7b5
Verse 5
Dm
C#aug
Okay, honey I see
F/C
Bm7b5
I guess he's better than me
Bbmaj7
Dm/A
Sure, old girl, I understand
F
Ebmaj7b5
I'm such a happy man
Dm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Dm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Dm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Dm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
F
C
I am the morning DJ
Dm
Ebmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Bb
F
Playing all the hits for you
C
Gm
Wherever you may be
F
C
The bright good morning voice
Dm
Ebmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Bb
F
Feeling all of forty-give
C
Dm7
going on fifteen
Outro 1
F
C
I am the morning DJ
Dm
Ebmaj7
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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