[play all D's on 5th fret]
[Intro]
D  G  F   [Riff 1]  (four times)

D               G   F         [Riff 1]
I read the news the other day
D           G    F          [Riff 1]
About a boy they threw away
D           G   F            [Riff 1]
He went out and shot someone
D           G   F        [Riff 1]
Like some Kojak teleplay
     
He claimed he was confused
Between fact and fantasy
It seems he spent all of his time
In front of the TV screen
     
[Chorus]
     
(He was a)
D          G F  G  [play G on 10th fret and F on 8th]
Television addict  (four times)
     
The lawyers said this boy is sick
Blamed the ratings for his crime
They said too much sex and too much violence 
On the idiot box spoiled his idiot mind
     
[Chorus]
     
[Instrumental]
D  G  F  G  (four times)
D
F  G  (six times)
     
[Chorus]
     
You and me spend all of our time
In front of this window on the world
Just because I watch Dinah Shore
Doesn't mean I need a facelift
Doesn't mean my mind has flipped
Doesn't mean anything
     
(Adlib for a bit)
     
[Chorus]


[Riff 1]
   G
A -------3--
E -3--5-----
     
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Transcribed by Brad Launikonis

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