Key: E minorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
F#m
E#aug
A/E
D#m7b5
Verse 1
F#m
E#aug
Hello, honey, it's me
A/E
D#m7b5
What did you think when you heard me back
Dmaj7
F#m/C#
on the radio?
Bsus2
A
What did the kids say when they knew
Gmaj7b5
F#m7
F#m7
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
F#m7
Dmaj7
Remember how we listened to the radio
E
A
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
F#m7
Dmaj7
And how I got the job as an FM jock
E
Bm
The day you married me?
A
Dmaj7
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
E
F#m7
But I just had to run around
Gmaj7
Dmaj7
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
E
Bm
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
A
E
I am the morning DJ
F#m
Gmaj7
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
Gmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
F#m7
F#m7
going on fifteen
Verse 3
F#m7
Dmaj7
The drinking I did on my last big gig
E
A
It made my voice go low
F#m7
Dmaj7
They said that they like the young sounds
E
Bm
When they let me go
A
D
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
E
F#m7
To do me a late-night talk show
Gmaj7
D
Now I've worked my way down home again
E
Bm
Here to Boise, Idaho
E
Bm
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
A
E
I am the morning DJ
F#m
Gmaj7
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
Gmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
F#m7
F#m7
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
E
C#7
And listen what they say to me
E
F#m7
F#m7
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
F#m7
Dmaj7
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
E
A
That I just take off in my car
F#m7
Dmaj7
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
E
F#m7
And start that record store
Gmaj7
D
Maybe I could settle down
E
F#m
If you'd take me back once more
E#aug
A/E
D#m7b5
Verse 5
F#m
E#aug
Okay, honey I see
A/E
D#m7b5
I guess he's better than me
Dmaj7
F#m/C#
Sure, old girl, I understand
A
Gmaj7b5
I'm such a happy man
F#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
F#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
F#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
F#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
A
E
I am the morning DJ
F#m
Gmaj7
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
Gmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
D
A
Feeling all of forty-give
E
F#m7
going on fifteen
Outro 1
A
E
I am the morning DJ
F#m
Gmaj7
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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