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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


{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 3]
    F                                 Bb
The children of the country eat their dinner, you bet
         F                              C
But they eat it sitting in front of the TV set
         F                               Bb
They got pudding in their ears, from the north to the south
     F                          C             F
From eating while watching, and missing their mouth

     F                           Bb
Last night, a very unusual thing occurred
    F                      C
The baby, he is saying his very first word
  F                              Bb
I have him on my shoulder for to make him burp
           F                        C     F
Instead he open his mouth and say, "Wyatt Earp!"

[Bridge]
    F
Oh, tele-vee-shun
Bb
Tele-vee-shun. Take it away
F
Tele-vee-shun
C
Tele-vee-shun


[Verse 4]
  F                                Bb
I watch the Late Late Movie, and I climb the stairs
    F                       C
Get into bed, and have tele-vee-shun nightmares
   F                               Bb
Complete with bad commercials that repeat all night
        F                    C         F
Both in compatible color and black and white

    F                               Bb
Someday, my son grow up and want to go to sea
      F                           C
So he probably go and try to join U.S. Navy
          F                         Bb
He get an aptitude test, mon - now, here's the rub
              F                        C            F
They find him best suited for watching Mickey Mouse Club!

[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
From sitting and looking on
C
(Sing it again, mon!)

F
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
The you-know-what likewise
     F                      C        F
From sitting and looking on tele-vee-shun