Hippie Radio Melody chords by Eric Church

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G+G G/F# E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
  G+G             Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
My daddy had a Pontiac on the beige-er side of yellow
G+G G/F# E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9   D MajorD   G+G
He was a young man then and I was a little fella
G+G                  Cadd9Cadd9          G+G
I'd play in that bench back seat and listen to the songs get sung
G+G      G/F#  E minor 7Em7            D MajorD      Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket but he'd sing at the top of his lungs

Chorus 1:
G+G      E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
Carry on my wayward son on a hippie radio
G+G           E minor 7Em7       D MajorD
Songs about the flower babies and the birth of rock and roll
G+G     G/F#   E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9         G+G
And I was band and I would stand and we'd bounce down the road
G+G       G/F#   E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD  G+G
A augmentedA boy and his dad in a Pontiac with that hippie radio

G+G G/F# E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD

Verse 2:
G+G                    Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Can't' remember if it was seventeen, maybe eighteen is right
G+G       G/F#     E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD     G+G
But I'll never forget those baby blues and the glow of that dashboard light
G+G                     Cadd9Cadd9        G+G
I'd won her heart the week before and it was hot right from the start
G+G    G/F#    E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD     G+G
I busted her brother Billy's mouth for makin' fun of my car

Chorus 2:
      G+G        E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
It was White Wedding and Rebel Yell on the hippie radio
   G+G      E minor 7Em7         D MajorD
I was Werewolf in London, and she was Lady Marmalade's soul
G+G         G/F# E minor 7Em7       Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD   G+G
And I'd crank the band, take her hand and we'd pull off back a road
G+G       G/F#   E minor 7Em7      Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD  G+G
A augmentedA boy and his girl in a Pontiac, and the hippie radio

B minorBm                   A augmentedA   E MajorE
Hey little sister what have you done
B minorBm                   A augmentedA   E MajorE
Hey little sister who's the only one
B minorBm
Hey little sister who's your superman
A augmentedA
Hey little sister who's the one you want
B minorBm
Hey little sister shot gun!


Chorus:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
It's a nice day to start again
B minorBm   E MajorE       D MajorD
It's a nice day for a white wedding
B minorBm   E MajorE       D MajorD   B minorBm
It's a nice day to start again.


D MajorD D  C majorC C  G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG 4x

 D MajorD           C majorC          G+G
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
D MajorD               C majorC      G+G
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
D MajorD          C majorC      G+G
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
D MajorD             C majorC     G+G
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein

D MajorD C majorC   G+G
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
D MajorD C majorC   G+G
Ah-ooooo
D MajorD C majorC   G+G
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
D MajorD C majorC   G+G
Ah-ooooo

Verse 1:
E MajorE         G+G
A augmentedA child arrived just the other day
 A augmentedA             E MajorE
Came to the world in the usual way
E MajorE              G+G
There were planes to catch, bills to pay
 A augmentedA             E MajorE
He learned to walk while i was away
D MajorD
He was talking 'fore i knew it and when he could, he said
 G+G         E MajorE
"I'm gonna be like you, dad,
 G+G             E MajorE
You know i'm gonna be like you"

Chorus:
E MajorE              G+G
The cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
 G+G           A augmentedA
Little boy blue and a man on the moon
E MajorE             G+G
When you comin' home son, I don't know when
D MajorD          E MajorE
We'll get together then,
G+G                E MajorE
You know we'll have a good time then
Verse 3:
G+G                  Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Four years and seven days from tying cans to the bumper
G+G    G/F#   E minor 7Em7         Cadd9Cadd9     D MajorD   G+G
I was pacing a maternity floor, my flower baby was a mother
  G+G                   Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
My hands were shaking as we were leaving, taking our boy home
  G+G     G/F#   E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9  D MajorD     G+G
My heart was full and in my head I could hear a long, long song

Chorus 3:
G+G              E minor 7Em7         D MajorD     G+G
Cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon on the hippie radio
G+G   E minor 7Em7     D MajorD
A-B-C, 1-2-3, don't blink or he'll be gone
  G+G     G/F#   E minor 7Em7           Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
And I took her hand and she just smiled with a look that said "I know"
 G+G      G/F#   E minor 7Em7           Cadd9Cadd9
A augmentedA boy and his dad and a boy and his girl in a Pontiac
D MajorD
And the hippie radio

Outro:
G+G G/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 G/F# G+G