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VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - Presidents of the USA
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By: Josh Recker - Pathetic@Punkjunk.com
In Standard Tuning
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p - pull off |
h - hammer on |
/ - slide |
~ - let ring |
PM - Palm Mute|
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Intro: Play this chord 17 times.
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-------------------------------------------| Palm Muted
D|-7-------------------------------------------|
A|-5........-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
PM ___________
Verse: "I heard you on my wireless back in 52'..." (8x)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--------------------------------| Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------------|
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----------------|
PM _______________________________
Chorus: "Video Killed the radio star..." (2x)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-------|
PM________________________________
Post-Chorus: "In my mind and in my car..." (2x)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
PM________________________
Riff: Played right after post-chorus (2x)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-7--x-x-x--9-7--------------------|
A|-7--x-x-x--9-7--------------------|
E|-5--x-x-x--7-5--------------------|
Verse: " ????.... " (5x)
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--------------------------------| Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----------------|
E|-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5----------------|
PM _______________________________
Chorus: "Video Killed the radio star..." (2x)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-------|
PM________________________________
Post-Chorus: "In my mind and in my car..." (2x)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
PM________________________
Riff: Played right after post-chorus (2x)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-7--x-x-x--9-7--------------------|
A|-7--x-x-x--9-7--------------------|
E|-5--x-x-x--7-5--------------------|
"Alright!"
Solo: This is exactly how they play it on the cd.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-0-2-4-2-0--0------------0-2-4-2-0--0--------------0-2-4-2-0--0------------
D|---------------4h5h7-0~-----------------4h5-4h5-4~----------------4h5h7-0~-
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------17--19--15--19--15-15^--|
G|---0-2/4----0-4/2----0-2/4-2---14--16--12--16--12-12^--|
D|-0--------0--------0-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: "Video Killed the radio star..." (2x)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-------|
PM________________________________
Post-Chorus: "In my mind and in my car..." (2x)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
PM________________________
Bridge: "You want...the radio starrrrr...."
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-7~----9~----7~----9~----7~----9~--------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Chorus: "Video Killed the radio star..." (8x)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7---------------|Palm Muted
D|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|-------------------------3-3-3-3-------|
PM________________________________
Outro:
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-7-9--5--9-5--5---|
A|-7-9--5--9-5--5---|
E|-5-7--3--7-3--3---|
Took awhile to tab, but its a pretty easy song to play, it should be very accurate.
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