C             Dm              G 
  I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty-Two
C         Dm             G
  Lying awake intent to tuning in on you
C           Dm              G
  If I was young it didn't stop you comin' through
C     Dm     G
Oh-ah Oh-ah


(Repeat for Verse 2)
They took the credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machine on new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see

[Bridge]

C     Dm
Oh-ah Oh-ah
G
    I met your children
C     Dm
Oh-ah Oh-ah
G
    What did you tell them?


[Chorus 1]

C                F
Video killed the radio star
C                F
Video killed the radio star
C        G         Am
Pictures came and broke your heart
G            Am
Oh, ah-ah-ah oh


(Verse 3 - as verse 1)
And now we meet in an abandoned studio (ohh)
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go (ahh)


[Bridge]


[Chorus 2]

C                F
Video killed the radio star
C                F
Video killed the radio star
C      G       Am
In my mind and in my car
    C       G           Am
We can't rewind, we've gone too far
G            Am
Oh, ah-ah-ah oh
G            Am
Oh, ah-ah-ah oh

[Chorus 3]

C                F
Video killed the radio star
C                F
Video killed the radio star
C      G       Am
In my mind and in my car
    C       G           Am
We can't rewind, we've gone too far
C        G         Am
Pictures came and broke your heart
C             G      Am
Put all the blame on VTR


[Ending]

    C  Dm  G
You are
        C  Dm  G
A radio star
    C  Dm  G
You are
        C  Dm  G
A radio star
C                F
Video killed the radio star
C                F
Video killed the radio star