Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Radio Radio (Guitar)

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[Intro] | E B E | B7 | E B E | B7 | [Verse 1]
       E                              B
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial

      A                        E
Doing anything my radio advised.

                         B
With every one of those late night stations

         A                               C#m
Playing songs, bringing tears to my eyes.

       A                        B7
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver

        A/C#                         B/D#
When the switch broke 'cause it's old.

A                                 B
They're saying things that I can hardly believe.

              B                             E
They really think we're getting out of control.
[Chorus]
E             C#m
Radio is the sound salvation.

           B
Radio is cleaning up the nation.

      A              E             B        E
They say you better listen to the voice of reason.

                A            E                  B               C#m
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason.

            B                        C#m
So you had better do as you are told.

            B                  E
You better listen to the radio.
[Interlude] | E B E | B7 | E B E | B7 | [Bridge]
Am                  E
I want to bite the hand that feeds me.

Am                   E
I want to bite that hand so badly.

C#m                                  B
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.
[Verse 2]
       E                              B
Some of my friends sit around every evening

      A                        E
And they worry about the times ahead.

                         B
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference

         A                               C#m
And the promise of an early bed.

       A
You better shut up or get cut up;

       B7
They don't wanna hear about it.

       A/C#                     B/D#
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel.

       A                        B
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools

          B                    E
Trying to anaesthetize the way that you feel.
[Chorus]
E             C#m
Radio is the sound salvation.

           B
Radio is cleaning up the nation.

      A              E             B        E
They say you better listen to the voice of reason.

                A            E                  B               C#m
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason.

            B                        C#m
So you had better do as you are told.

            B                  E
You better listen to the radio.
[Outro] E B E B
           E    B  E B
Wonderful radio

            E    B  E B
Marvellous radio

           E    B  E B
Wonderful radio

        E    B  E B
Radio, radio.

        E    B  E B
Radio, radio.