Key: E minorDifficulty: Advanced
Intro 1
C#m
Caug
E/B
Bbm7b5
Verse 1
C#m
Caug
Hello, honey, it's me
E/B
Bbm7b5
What did you think when you heard me back
Amaj7
C#m/G#
on the radio?
F#sus2
E
What did the kids say when they knew
Dmaj7b5
C#m7
C#m7
It was their long-lost daddy- o?
Verse 2
C#m7
Amaj7
Remember how we listened to the radio
B
E
And I said, "That's the place to be"?
C#m7
Amaj7
And how I got the job as an FM jock
B
F#m
The day you married me?
E
Amaj7
It was two kids and I was into AM rock
B
C#m7
But I just had to run around
Dmaj7
Amaj7
It's been eight years since I left you, babe
B
F#m
Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down
Chorus 1
E
B
I am the morning DJ
C#m
Dmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
A
E
Playing all the hits for you
B
F#m
Wherever you may be
E
B
The bright good morning voice
C#m
Dmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
A
E
Feeling all of forty-give
B
C#m7
C#m7
going on fifteen
Verse 3
C#m7
Amaj7
The drinking I did on my last big gig
B
E
It made my voice go low
C#m7
Amaj7
They said that they like the young sounds
B
F#m
When they let me go
E
A
So I drifted on down to Tulsa, Oklahoma
B
C#m7
To do me a late-night talk show
Dmaj7
A
Now I've worked my way down home again
B
F#m
Here to Boise, Idaho
B
F#m
That's how this business goes
Chorus 2
E
B
I am the morning DJ
C#m
Dmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
A
E
Playing all the hits for you
B
F#m
Wherever you may be
E
B
The bright good morning voice
C#m
Dmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
A
E
Feeling all of forty-give
B
C#m7
C#m7
going on fifteen
Bridge 1
doing high school sock hops
B
G#7
And listen what they say to me
B
C#m7
C#m7
But it's never gonna go away
Verse 4
C#m7
Amaj7
Sometimes I get this crazy dream
B
E
That I just take off in my car
C#m7
Amaj7
But you can travel on ten thousand miles
B
F#m
And still stay where you are
E
A
Thinking that I should stop disc jocking
B
C#m7
And start that record store
Dmaj7
A
Maybe I could settle down
B
C#m
If you'd take me back once more
Caug
E/B
Bbm7b5
Verse 5
C#m
Caug
Okay, honey I see
E/B
Bbm7b5
I guess he's better than me
Amaj7
C#m/G#
Sure, old girl, I understand
E
Dmaj7b5
I'm such a happy man
C#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
C#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
C#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
C#m7
(W.O.L.D.)
Chorus 3
E
B
I am the morning DJ
C#m
Dmaj7
at W.O.L. D- D- D- D. (O.L.D.)
A
E
Playing all the hits for you
B
F#m
Wherever you may be
E
B
The bright good morning voice
C#m
Dmaj7
Who's heard but never seen
A
E
Feeling all of forty-give
B
C#m7
going on fifteen
Outro 1
E
B
I am the morning DJ
C#m
Dmaj7
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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