B    799877
G#m  466444
E    022100
C#m  9-11-11-9-9-9
F#   244322
E*   x7999x


[Intro]

Lead played over the chords is also played during the verses

   B                         G#m                       E                         C#m
E|-------11----------11----|-------9-----------9-----|-------11----------11----|-------9-----------9-----|
B|----12----12----12----12-|----9-----9-----9-----9--|----12----12----12----12-|----9-----9-----9-----9--|
G|-13----------13----------|-9-----------9-----------|-13----------13----------|-9-----------9-----------| x2
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

[Verse 1]
B         G#m           E
Hello, my name is your TV
      C#m              B        G#m         E
We've been together so long, so many memories
      C#m                B         G#m      E
We've solved so many problems, situated comedies
          C#m           B
I fed you ads and movie stars
        G#m            E         C#m
And you always fell asleep in my color bars

[Chorus]

Lead over chorus

E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-4---2-2---|
B|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0---0-0---|
G|-3h4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3h4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3h4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3h4-4-4---4-4---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G#m                       F#                       B
But there's this world outside where the writing's off
                E*
Scenes last too long and you lose the plot
G#m                F#                      B
All the girls they lie and they break your heart
              E*
And nothing's done when the street goes dark
G#m      F#       B               E*
Here see California, where pretty people dream
        G#m               F#                E
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea

[Interlude]
B G#m E C#m
B G#m E C#m

[Verse 2]
B               G#m                 E
And when they'd yell upstairs you'd cry
       C#m              B            G#m                 E    C#m
Little boy inside their lies, in the dark I'd watch your eyes
B     G#m               E                  C#m               B
And I know the way they laugh, the jackals feast behind your back
         G#m                  E
Here you hide, but still they stab
       C#m
In the dark I feel you die

[Chorus]
G#m                       F#                       B
But there's this world outside where the writing's off
                E*
Scenes last too long and you lose the plot
G#m                F#                      B
All the girls they lie and they break your heart
              E*
And nothing's done when the street goes dark
G#m      F#       B               E*
Here see California, where pretty people dream

[Bridge]
G#m          F#         B              E*
Now see that icy vacant lot where they made your nose bleed
G#m         F#                 B                E*
The flannel spread, the heater on, the world is dead
           G#m               F#                  B
The sun is gone, you take my hand, I'll take you home
       E*
You'll never have to be alone
G#m          F#                  B         E*
The pictures warping slowly, the scrolling seems unending
G#m       F#              B           E
The snowy edges blurring, the bars between us bending
G#m      F#       B                 E*
Feel you start to breathe, you are alive inside of me
G#m     F#                 B                   E*
Forever tan and strong and loved, you'll never bleed again
   G#m        F#                  B                   E*
In dreamy California scenes where bad guys meet their destiny
        G#m               F#                E
And the good guy gets the girl by the sunny sea

[Outro]
B G#m E C#m
B G#m E C#m