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[Intro]
Gm D# F D#
Gm D# F D#
Gm D# F A#
[Verse]
A#I turn the television on
To D#hear those songbirds carry on
I A#tune into that drab recital
D#They'd claimed I'd find a brand new idol
It fFelt like something good was D#dying
Oh, something good was A#dying
 D#- A#  
 D#- A#  
[Verse]
A#She sang a ledgendary song
D#With something desperately wrong
There were Gmfourteen-thousand notes inside
A space D#where four plain notes should reside
It Ffelt like mastur~D#bation on the TV stA#ation
 A#- D#  
 A#- D#  
Oh, it Ffelt like A#something good was D#dying
Oh, something good was A#dying
 A#-  D#  Cm  
 A#-  D#  Cm  
[Verse]
A#Asked about the music she was raised upon
Was it D#Paul, George, Ringo Starr, and John?
With Gmher mini-skirt and her bashful eyes
Claimed D#she'd never heard of those four guys
She'd been Fsingin', "Hey A#Jude don't make it bD#ad."
And now my whole world was sA#ad.
 A#-  D#  Cm  
 A#-  D#  Cm  
Oh, it Ffelt like A#something good was D#dying
Oh, something good was.Gm..
 Gm-  D#-  F- D#  
 A#-  F- A#  
[Verse]
A#So I jumped into my car to drive
D#I flicked the radio alive
And I Gmheard another shallow song
I turned the D#dial, that same song was on
Every stFation; It felt A#like indoctrinD#ation
Like no one's even trA#ying
 A#-  D#  Cm  
 A#-  D#  Cm  
Oh, it Ffelt like something good was dD#y~ingGm  
[Outro]
 Gm-  A#-  D#-  F- D#  
 Gm-  A#-  D#-  F- D#  

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Idol

by Paul Luc

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Gm D# F D#

Gm D# F A#

[Verse]

I turn the television on

To hear those songbirds carry on

I tune into that drab recital

They'd claimed I'd find a brand new idol

F D#

It felt like something good was dying

Oh, something good was dying

D# A#

[Verse]

She sang a ledgendary song

With something desperately wrong

There were fourteen-thousand notes inside

A space where four plain notes should reside

F D# A#

It felt like mastur~bation on the TV station

A# D#

F A# D#

Oh, it felt like something good was dying

Oh, something good was dying

A# D# Cm

[Verse]

Asked about the music she was raised upon

Was it Paul, George, Ringo Starr, and John?

With her mini-skirt and her bashful eyes

Claimed she'd never heard of those four guys

F A# D#

She'd been singin', "Hey Jude don't make it bad."

And now my whole world was sad.

A# D# Cm

F A# D#

Oh, it felt like something good was dying

Oh, something good was...

Gm D# F D#

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A# F A#

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[Verse]

So I jumped into my car to drive

I flicked the radio alive

And I heard another shallow song

I turned the dial, that same song was on

F A# D#

Every station; It felt like indoctrination

Like no one's even trying

A# D# Cm

F D# Gm

Oh, it felt like something good was dy~ing

[Outro]

Gm A# D# F D#

- - - -

Gm A# D# F D#

- - - -

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