Tom: F
F
Tele-vee-shun
Bb
Tele-vee-shun. I'm sick of it
F
Tele-vee-shun
C
Tele-vee-shun
[Verse 1]
F Bb
Hey, Mister General Public, do you realize
F C
That we got a generation here of staring eyes
F Bb
The women never bother getting housework done
F C F
They just sit around gawking at tele-vee-shun!
F Bb
The kiddies never run and playing out of door
F C
On top of that, they never reading books no more
F Bb
You ask them, Who's the father of our country, mon?
F C F
They say, Was either Walt Disney or Ed Sullivan!
[Chorus]
F
Oh, tele-vee-shun
Bb
Tele-vee-shun
F C
I'm-a sick from-a looking on tele-vee-shun
F
I got a weak in the eyes
Bb
Weak in the head likewise
F C F
From sitting and looking on tele-vee-shun
[Verse 2]
F Bb
The burgler comes sneaking in and breaks the latch
F C
While Grandma, she is looking on the wrestling match
F Bb
She throws him on the floor although she's ninety years old
F C F
She says, I got him with a stepover toehold!
F Bb
I turn on Elvis Presley and my daughter scream
F C
I fear she have a nervous breakdown 'cause of him
F Bb
I wonder why he wiggle-waggle to the beat
F C F
As a boy, he must have had a loose bicycle seat
