John Hiatt – Pirate Radio (Guitar)

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[Intro] D Bm G D D Bm G D [Verse]
            G        D            Bm     G         D       
Well, those electric sheep to the valley they keep walkin

       G     D             Bm      G        A
On the radio waves selling tennis shoes and beer

   G        D             Bm   G          Bm    
It induces sleep when that DJ starts his squawkin'

    G           D   G           D           A        D
I'm lookin' for one song to save me on this midnight clear
[Chorus]
       A                                 G         D        
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?

     Bm                       F#m
One song that could steal our hearts

            G                   A
Before they turn into silver and gold

A                                        G             D                                 
Well I'm drivin' my car real slow and my baby wants to know

Bm                     F#m          A
When we gonna hear our song on that Pirate Radio?
D Bm G D [Verse]
    G           D     Bm         G      D
One star in the sky so I named it Ottis Redding

         G      D            Bm      G     A
Or maybe Marvin Gaye lookin' for his Tammi Turell

               G        D    Bm        G         Bm
There ain't no mountain high enough to stop this wedding

    G         D        G     D          A          D
Rollin' out of Memphis to Detroit I can hear those bells
[Chorus]
       A                                 G         D            
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?

     Bm                       F#m
One song that could steal our hearts

            G                   A
Before they turn into silver and gold

A                                        G             D                                 
Well I'm drivin' my car real slow and my baby wants to know

Bm                     F#m          A
When we gonna hear our song on that Pirate Radio?
D Bm G D [Verse]
  D              G           D           Bm      G     D  
Well, we've been drivin' all night, ever since we were teenagers,

           G      D              Bm     G           A
Up to that border town where the outlaw station air waves

          G          D             Bm        G     Bm
Where the DJ's outta sight and his heart is so courageous

       G           D         G            D          A        D
And he loves every song that he's puttin' on for the free and brave
[Chorus]
       A                                 G         D          
So how far do we have to go to hear that Pirate Radio?

     Bm                       F#m
One song that could steal our hearts

            G                   A
Before they turn into silver and gold

A                                        G             D                                
Well I'm drivin' my car real slow and my baby wants to know

Bm                     F#m
When we gonna hear our song 

Bm                     F#m
When we gonna hear our song 

Bm                     F#m
When we gonna hear our song 

        A
on that Pirate Radio? 
D Bm G D | repeat and fade out