Michael Martin Murphey – Radio Land (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Bb                     Bb/D            Eb            Cm7
I remember a country evening when the sun was going down

F                          Ebadd9/F   F        Bb
Sittin' on the front porch listenin'  to the sounds.

Bb                  Bb/D     Eb            Cm7
While mama did the dishes, Daddy rolled a smoke

F                                      Eb        F       Bb
From a can of old Prince Albert. His hands as strong as oak;

Eb                                         Bb
And the sounds of the Grand Old Opry came out of Ryman Hall

      F                                 Bb                Bb/C  Bb/D  Eb
Roy Acuff played the fiddle and sang, Wabash Cannonball.

Eb                        Bb         Gm
Hank Williams whispered, "I Saw the Light"

      Bb                      F              Bb     Bb/C  Bb/D  Eb
And people everywhere sat listening in the night.
[Chorus]
         Eb                Gm
Out in Radio Land, out in Radio Land.

F                  D7/F#      Gm            Bb7/F
We all closed our  eyes and listened to the band.

         Eb               Eb/Bb  Bb
Out in Radio Land, Out in Radio Land.

Gm                  F    Bb
We all dreamed of Radio Land.
[Verse 2]
Bb                         Bb/D          Eb            Cm7
Then, Wolfman Jack came a howlin' from across the Rio Grande,

F                                    Eb    F       Bb
Layin' down the sounds that all the kids could understand.

Bb                     Bb/D            Eb             Cm7
Mama and daddy were sleepin', but the kids were wide awake

F                         Eb     F          Bb
Listenin' to Bill Haley rattle, roll, and shake.

Eb                                      Bb
Ol' Jerry Lee banged on the keys and screamed, "Great Balls of Fire!"

  F                                     Bb                   Cm7   Bb/D   Eb
Elvis crooned out, Don't Be Cruel, the girls swooned with desire.
[Chorus]
         Eb                Gm
Out in Radio Land, out in Radio Land.

F                  D7/F#      Gm            Bb7/F
We all closed our  eyes and listened to the band.

         Eb               Eb/Bb  Bb
Out in Radio Land, Out in Radio Land.

Gm                  F    Bb
We all dreamed of Radio Land.
[Verse 3]
Bb                  Bb/D     Eb                 Cm7
I remember summer evenings, late night rock and roll.

F                               Eb/F  F    Bb
Miles and miles of highway with just  my radio.

Eb                                           Bb           Gm
I remember a night when it felt so right, a lover's moon above.

         Bb                                F               Bb
And the songs that they were playin' the night we fell in love.
[Chorus]
         Eb                Gm
Out in Radio Land, out in Radio Land.

F                  D7/F#      Gm            Bb7/F
We all closed our  eyes and listened to the band.

         Eb               Eb/Bb  Bb
Out in Radio Land, Out in Radio Land.

Gm                   F    Bb
We fell in love in Radio Land.

  Eb                Gm
Out in Radio Land, out in Radio Land.

F                  D7/F#      Gm            Bb7/F
We all closed our  eyes and listened to the band.

         Eb               Eb/Bb  Bb
Out in Radio Land, Out in Radio Land.

Gm                 F     Bb
We still dream in Radio Land.