Listen To The Radio

Nanci Griffith - Listen To The Radio (Nanci Griffith)
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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)



[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)