Key: E minorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
Am
G#aug
C/G
F#m7b5
Verse 1
Am
G#aug
Hello, honey, it's me
C/G
F#m7b5
What did you think when you heard me back
Fmaj7
Am/E
on the radio?
Dsus2
C
What did the kids say when they knew
Bbmaj7b5
Am7
Am7
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
Am7
Fmaj7
Remember how we listened to the radio
G
C
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
Am7
Fmaj7
And how I got the job as an FM jock
G
Dm
The day you married me?
C
Fmaj7
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
G
Am7
But I just had to run around
Bbmaj7
Fmaj7
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
G
Dm
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
C
G
I am the morning DJ
Am
Bbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
F
C
Playing all the hits for you
G
Dm
Wherever you may be
C
G
The bright good morning voice
Am
Bbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
F
C
Feeling all of forty-give
G
Am7
Am7
going on fifteen
Verse 3
Am7
Fmaj7
The drinking I did on my last big gig
G
C
It made my voice go low
Am7
Fmaj7
They said that they like the young sounds
G
Dm
When they let me go
C
F
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
G
Am7
To do me a late-night talk show
Bbmaj7
F
Now I've worked my way down home again
G
Dm
Here to Boise, Idaho
G
Dm
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
C
G
I am the morning DJ
Am
Bbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
F
C
Playing all the hits for you
G
Dm
Wherever you may be
C
G
The bright good morning voice
Am
Bbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
F
C
Feeling all of forty-give
G
Am7
Am7
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
G
E7
And listen what they say to me
G
Am7
Am7
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
Am7
Fmaj7
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
G
C
That I just take off in my car
Am7
Fmaj7
But you can travel on ten thousand miles
G
Dm
And still stay where you are
C
F
Thinking that I should stop disc jocking
G
Am7
And start that record store
Bbmaj7
F
Maybe I could settle down
G
Am
If you'd take me back once more
G#aug
C/G
F#m7b5
Verse 5
Am
G#aug
Okay, honey I see
C/G
F#m7b5
I guess he's better than me
Fmaj7
Am/E
Sure, old girl, I understand
C
Bbmaj7b5
I'm such a happy man
Am7
(W.O.L.D.)
Am7
(W.O.L.D.)
Am7
(W.O.L.D.)
Am7
(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
C
G
I am the morning DJ
Am
Bbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
F
C
Playing all the hits for you
G
Dm
Wherever you may be
C
G
The bright good morning voice
Am
Bbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
F
C
Feeling all of forty-give
G
Am7
going on fifteen
Outro 1
C
G
I am the morning DJ
Am
Bbmaj7
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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