Video Killed The Radio Star Chords

by IU
KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays489

Video Killed The Radio Star by IU is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
D            G               Em         A 
 I heard you on the wireless back in fifty two 
D     G               Em            A    
 Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.  
D         G               Em          A 
 If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.  

D  G  Em  A 
Oh-a oh  

D              G               Em        A 
 They took the credit for your second symphony. 
D          G              Em      A  
 Rewritten by machine and new technology,   
D          G              Em           A 
 and now I understand the problems you can see.  

D    G  
Oh-a oh  
Em          A 
 I met your children  
D    G 
Oh-a oh  
Em            A 
 What did you tell them?  
D     G          Em    A 
Video killed the radio star.  
D     G          Em    A 
Video killed the radio star.  

D        G        Em         A 
Pictures came and broke your heart.  
D  G     Em   A 
Oh-a-a-a oh  

    D G Em A     D G Em A 
You are a  radio star 
    D G Em A     D G Em A 
you are a  radio star 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante