Nanci Griffith – Listen To The Radio (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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Chords

----------------------------------------------------- To get a closer sound to the recorded version you can play the chords as per the suggestion below: C as a Cadd9 - x32033 G chord played - 320033 Nancy also throws in some Dsus2 & Dsus4 chords for some colour as well in live versions (xx0230 & xx0233) Capo 3 [Intro] G C G D (x2) [Verse]
     G             C            D
I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain

      G                C                   D
These Delta towns wear satin gowns and the high-beam frame

        G              C                 D
Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio

              G                C                 D
Where would I be at times like these without the songs Loretta wrote?
[Chorus]
                C            G                         D
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

         C            G                         D
When you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C   D
The radio - o
[Verse]
         G                     C                D 
I left a handsome two-steppin' good ole' boy in Tennessee

         G                        C                                D
Now he's sittin' on the sofa he's lookin' for his supper wond'rin' what's become of me

        G     C                    D
I got a 00-18 Martin guitar in the back seat of the car

         G             C              D
Hey I am leaving Mississippi with the radio on
[Chorus]
                C            G                         D
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

         C            G                         D
When you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

             G  C                 D
It's the radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C   D
The radio - o
[Instrumental] G C D (x4) [Verse]
          G               C             D 
There's a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky

            G                  C                      D 
I smell the Ponchatrain I hear Silver Wings and then away Merle Haggard flies

     G                        C                   D 
That good old boy will find a band of gold on the stereo

            G                     C                           D           
Hey then my mama's gonna call say where's she gone, he'll say down the road with the radio on
[Chorus]
             C            G                         D
And when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

             C            G                         D
And when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                   D
The radio - o, no listen to the radio

        G   C           D                     G   C   D 
The radio - o, and it's down the road you go
[Outro]
        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio

        G   C                D
The radio - o, listen to the radio (Repeat and Fade)