Key: E minorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
Cm
Baug
Eb/Bb
Am7b5
Verse 1
Cm
Baug
Hello, honey, it's me
Eb/Bb
Am7b5
What did you think when you heard me back
Abmaj7
Cm/G
on the radio?
Fsus2
Eb
What did the kids say when they knew
Dbmaj7b5
Cm7
Cm7
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
Cm7
Abmaj7
Remember how we listened to the radio
Bb
Eb
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
Cm7
Abmaj7
And how I got the job as an FM jock
Bb
Fm
The day you married me?
Eb
Abmaj7
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
Bb
Cm7
But I just had to run around
Dbmaj7
Abmaj7
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
Bb
Fm
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
Eb
Bb
I am the morning DJ
Cm
Dbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Ab
Eb
Playing all the hits for you
Bb
Fm
Wherever you may be
Eb
Bb
The bright good morning voice
Cm
Dbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Ab
Eb
Feeling all of forty-give
Bb
Cm7
Cm7
going on fifteen
Verse 3
Cm7
Abmaj7
The drinking I did on my last big gig
Bb
Eb
It made my voice go low
Cm7
Abmaj7
They said that they like the young sounds
Bb
Fm
When they let me go
Eb
Ab
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bb
Cm7
To do me a late-night talk show
Dbmaj7
Ab
Now I've worked my way down home again
Bb
Fm
Here to Boise, Idaho
Bb
Fm
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
Eb
Bb
I am the morning DJ
Cm
Dbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Ab
Eb
Playing all the hits for you
Bb
Fm
Wherever you may be
Eb
Bb
The bright good morning voice
Cm
Dbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Ab
Eb
Feeling all of forty-give
Bb
Cm7
Cm7
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
Bb
G7
And listen what they say to me
Bb
Cm7
Cm7
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
Cm7
Abmaj7
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
Bb
Eb
That I just take off in my car
Cm7
Abmaj7
But you can travel on ten thousand miles
Bb
Fm
And still stay where you are
Eb
Ab
Thinking that I should stop disc jocking
Bb
Cm7
And start that record store
Dbmaj7
Ab
Maybe I could settle down
Bb
Cm
If you'd take me back once more
Baug
Eb/Bb
Am7b5
Verse 5
Cm
Baug
Okay, honey I see
Eb/Bb
Am7b5
I guess he's better than me
Abmaj7
Cm/G
Sure, old girl, I understand
Eb
Dbmaj7b5
I'm such a happy man
Cm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Cm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Cm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Cm7
(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
Eb
Bb
I am the morning DJ
Cm
Dbmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
Ab
Eb
Playing all the hits for you
Bb
Fm
Wherever you may be
Eb
Bb
The bright good morning voice
Cm
Dbmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
Ab
Eb
Feeling all of forty-give
Bb
Cm7
going on fifteen
Outro 1
Eb
Bb
I am the morning DJ
Cm
Dbmaj7
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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