I Saw It On Tv

i saw it on tv john fogerty [ G ] they sent us home to watch the show comin’ [ C ] on the little [ G ] screen a man named ike was in the white house [ C ] big black limou [ G ] sine [ Em ] there were many shows to [ G ] follow from [ Em ] hooter to doodyville 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 [ C ] i lusted in my [ G ] heart [ Em ] a young man from [ G ] boston set [ Em ] sail the new frontier 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 comin’ [ C ] on the little [ G ] screen the grief had passed , the old men laughed [ C ] and all the girls [ G ] screamed [ Em ] ’cause 4 guys from [ G ] england took us [ Em ] all by the hand it was [ [ ch ] C [ /Ch ] ] time to laugh , time to sing [ D ] time to join the band [ G ] but all too soon , we hit the moon [ [ ch ] C [ /Ch ] ] and covered up the [ G ] sky they built their bombs and aimed their guns [ C ] and still i don’t know [ G ] why [ Em ] the dominoes [ G ] tumbled and big [ Em ] business roared every [ C ] 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 A [ C ] prisoner of the [ G ] porch the light , he said , at the end of the tunnel was [ C ] nothin’ but a burglar’s [ G ] torch and [ Em ] them that was caught in the [ G ] cover are all [ Em ] rich and free but [ C ] they chained my mind to an endless tomb when [ D ] they 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