I SAW IT ON TV
John Fogerty
[G] They sent us home to watch the show
[C] Comin' on the little [G] screen
A man named Ike was in the
White House
[C] Big black [G] limousine
[Em] There were many shows to [G] follow
From [Em] Hooter to Doody-[G]-ville
Though I [C] saw them all, I can't recall
[D] Which cartoon was real
[G] The coonskin caps, Yankee bats,
The [C] Hound Dog man's big [G] start
The A-bomb fears, Annette
had ears,
I [C] lusted in my [G]
heart
[Em] Then a young man from [G] Boston,
Said [Em] sail the new fron-[G]-tier
And we [C] watched the dream dead-end in Dallas,
They [D] buried innocence that year
[C] I know it's [G]
true, [F] oh so [Em] true
[C] 'Cause I [D7] saw
it on [G] TV
[G] We gathered 'round to hear the sound,
[C] Comin' on the little [G] screen
The grief had passed, the
old men laughed,
And [C] all the girls [G]
screamed
[Em] 'Cause four guys from [G] England,
[Em] Took us all by the [G] hand
[C] It was time to laugh, time to sing,
[D] Time to join the band
[G] But all too soon, we hit the moon,
And [C] covered up the [G]
sky
They built their bombs and
aimed their guns,
And [C] still I don't know [G]
why
[Em] The dominoes [G]
tumbled,
[Em] And big business [G]
roared
[C] Every night at 6, they showed the pictures,
And [D] counted up the score
[C] I know it's [G]
true, [F] oh so [Em] true
[C] 'Cause I [D7] saw
it on [G] TV
[G] The old man rocks among his dreams,
[C] A prisoner of the [G]
porch
The light, he said, at the
end of the tunnel,
Was [C] nothin' but a burglar's [G] torch
[Em] And them that was [G]
caught in the cover,
[Em] Are all rich and [G]
free
But they [C] chained my mind to an endless tomb,
When they [D] took my only son from me
[C] I know it's [G]
true, [F] oh so [Em]true
[C] 'Cause I [D7]saw
it on [G] TV
[C] I know it's [G] true, [F] oh so
[Em] true
[C] 'Cause I [D7] saw
it on [G] TV