Intro
|B   |A   |E   |F#  | 
 
          B             A 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          E             F# 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
 
Verse 1
B 
Back in the day when I was a teenager 
F# 
Out on my own, fall in love with strangers 
E                                      E 
 Oh no desire, what are you putting me through? 
 
You look beautiful in 1992 
B 
 I'm watching, what do I want to be? 
F# 
 Baby, I'm in love with possibility 
E 
 Give me s*x, and give me patience 
E 
I can't wait, I can't wait, change the station 
 
Chorus
B 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
F# 
 I'm watching American television 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
Verse 2
B                                      F# 
Back in the day waiting for a sign to move 
                                            E 
I got nothing to say, I got something to prove 
                            E 
Oh me, oh my, teenagers get bored 
 
You look beautiful in 1994 
B 
 I'm dreaming, it's not a fantasy 
F# 
 Baby, I'm in love with reality 
E 
 Give me joy, give me emotion 
E 
I can't wait, I can't wait, change the program 
 
Chorus
B 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
F# 
 I'm watching American television 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
B 
 I'm watching, what do I wanna be? 
F# 
 I'm watching, what do I wanna be? 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
Interlude
          B             A 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          E             F# 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          B             A 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          E             F#      F# 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
 
Verse 3
B 
 Here we are now we on the boulevard 
F# 
 We dropped off our fear at the junkyard 
E 
 Oh man, we can turn it up loud 
E 
 You look beautiful, right here, right now 
B 
 I'm still watching, what do I want to be? 
F# 
 Baby I'm in love with possibility 
E 
 Give me s*x, indecision 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
Chorus
B 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
F# 
 I'm watching American television 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
B 
 I'm watching, what do I wanna be? 
F# 
 I'm watching, what do I wanna be? 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching American television 
 
B 
 I'm watching, what do you wanna be? 
F# 
 I'm watching, what do you wanna be? 
E 
 I'm watching, I'm watching 
E 
 I'm watching America! 
 
Outro
          B             A 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          E             F# 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          B             A 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo 
          E             F#      B 
Whoo hoo hoo, whoo hoo hoo