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Radio Radio Bass Tab by Elvis Costello

Radio Radio bass tab by Elvis Costello

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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:
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I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial / Doing anything my radio advised
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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--|



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