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"Radio Radio" Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year's Model (1978) Bass Tab Intro: G|--------------------------------------| D|-----9--7--6--------------------------| (X4) A|--7--------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| E|--------------------------------------| Verse 1:
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial / Doing anything my radio advised G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| E|--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------| With every one of those late night stations / Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| E|--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------| I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver / When the switch broke 'cause it's old G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--| E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------| They're saying things that I can hardly believe / They really think we're getting out of control G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4/9--9--9--9--6--------6-----------------| A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----------------------------------------7--9-----7--------7-----| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----7--| Chorus: Radio is a sound salvation / Radio is cleaning up the nation G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----| E|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| They say you better listen to the voice of reason G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------7--7--7--7--------4--6--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----| E|--5--5--5--5--------------7--7-----------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--| But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------7--7--7--7-----------3--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----| E|--5--5--5--5--------------7--7--7--------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--| So you had better do as you are told / You better listen to the radio G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|--2--------------4--------------2--| E|-----------------------------------|
Intro: G|--------------------------------------| D|-----9--7--6--------------------------| (X2) A|--7--------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| E|--------------------------------------| Bridge: I wanna bite the hand that feeds me G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--7-----7--7-----7-----9-----9--9-----9-----7-----7--7-----7--6-----------------------| A|-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7--------7-----7--7-----7-----| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------7--------7-----7--| I wanna bite that hand so badly G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----| E|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--| I want to make them wish they'd never seen me G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------9--------------9--------9--7-----------------| A|-----------------------------------------9-----------6--| E|--7--7-----------7--7-----------7-----------7--8--9-----| Verse 2: Some of my friends sit around every evening / And they worry about the times ahead G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| E|--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------| But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference / And the promise of an early bed G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------------------------------------------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--| E|--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------| You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it / It's only inches on the reel-to-reel And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools / Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------4--4--4-----9-----------9--------------| A|--------------------------4--4--4-----6--6--6-----7--7--7--------------------9--6--9-----9--6--9-----| E|--5--5--5-----7--7--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------7--| Chorus: Radio is a sound salvation / Radio is cleaning up the nation G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----| E|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| They say you better listen to the voice of reason G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------7--7--7--7--------4--6--7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----| E|--5--5--5--5--------------7--7-----------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--| But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------7--7--7--7-----------3--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----| E|--5--5--5--5--------------7--7--7--------4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--| So you had better do as you are told / You better listen to the radio G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|--2--------------4--------------2--| E|-----------------------------------| Intro: Wonderful radio Marvelous radio Wonderful radio Radio, radio G|--------------------------------------| D|-----9--7--6--------------------------| (X12) A|--7--------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| E|--------------------------------------| End: G|--------------------------------------------------| D|--------7--------7--------------------------------| A|--7--------7--------7-----------7-----------------| E|--------------------------7--------------------0--| ************************************ | / Slide up
