^G/D What did you think when you ^G/C# heard me back on the ^Em/C radio? ^G/B G/A G* What did the kids say when they knew it was their ^G/F long lost daddy- ^Em o?

Re-^Em member how we listened to the ^C radio And I ^D said `That's the place for ^G me' And ^Em how I got the job as an ^C FM Jock the ^D day you married ^Am me? It was ^G two kids and I was was into ^C AM rock But I ^D just had to run a- ^Em round Amadd9+5/F C It's been eight years since I left you babe D Am thema 1 Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down

I ^G am the morning ^D DJ Em Amadd9+5/F on W . O . L . - D ^C Playing all the ^G hits for you where- ^D/F# ever you may ^Am be The ^G bright good-morning ^D voice Em Amadd9+5/F who's heard but never seen ^C Feeling all of ^G forty-five ^D/F# going on fif- ^Em teen

The ^Em drinking I did on my ^C last big gig ^D made my voice go ^G low they ^Em said that they liked the ^C younger sound ^C ^D when they let me ^Am go So I ^G drifted on down to ^C Tulsa, Oklahoma to ^D do me a late night ^Em talk show Amadd9+5/F C Now I worked my way back home again, via ^D Boise, in ^Am Ida- ho D Am thema 1 That's how this business goes

I ^G am the morning ^D DJ Em Amadd9+5/F on W . O . L . - D ^C Playing all the ^G hits for you where- ^D/F# ever you may ^Am be The ^G bright good-morning ^D voice Em Amadd9+5/F who's heard but never seen ^C Feeling all of ^G forty-five ^D/F# going on fif- ^Em teen

I've been ^Em making extra money playing ^Em high school sock hops ^D I'm a big time guest M- ^D C You should ^F hear me talking to the ^C little children And ^D listen what they say to ^B7 me ^B7 I Got a ^Em spot on the top of my ^Em head, just ^D begging for a new toupee ^D And a ^F tire on my gut from ^C sitting on my butt But they're ^D never gonna go a- ^Em way ^Em

^Em Sometimes I get this ^C crazy dream That I ^D just drive off in my ^G car But you can ^Em travel on ten ^C thousand miles and ^D till say where you ^Am are ^G thinking that I should ^C stop disk jockeying And ^D start that record ^Em store ^F Maybe I could ^C settle down if you'd ^D take me back once^Em more

I ^G/D guess he's better than ^G/C# me ^Em/C Sure, Old Girl, I ^G/B understand You ^G/A don't have to worry, G* E snare|-1 I'm such a happy man

I ^G am the morning ^D DJ Em Amadd9+5/F on W . O . L . - D ^C Playing all the ^G hits for you where- ^D/F# ever you may ^Am be The ^G bright good-morning ^D voice Em Amadd9+5/F who's heard but never seen ^C Feeling all of ^G forty-five ^D/F# going on fif- ^Em teen I ^G am the morning ^D DJ Em Amadd9+5/F on W . O . L . - D Amadd9+5/F W . O . L . - D repeat ad lib et fade

Harry Chapin - Wold