Static In The Radio chords by Jim White

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Dm F D#
A D#
Dm A D#
Bb A D#
Dm Bb Gm Bb
Dm Bb Gm Bb

Verse 1:

Dm   Am                 Bb
Three A.M. I'm awakened
  Gm             Dm
By a sweet summer rain
                   Bb       Gm
Distant howling of a passing Southbound coal train
Dm
Was I dreaming
            Bb                 Gm
Or was there someone just lying here Beside me in this bed?
Dm
Am I hearing things?
        Bb
Or in the next room
     Gm                       Bb
Did a long forgotten music box just start playing?

Pre-Chorus:
      Gm         C                        F
And I know it's a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead
      Gm        C                           F
And I know it's a crime to weave your wishes into what they said
      Gm       C                         F
And I know only fools venture where them spirits tread
        G         C                          F
Cause I know every word, every sound bouncing 'round my head

Chorus:
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
   Bb
static on the radio
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
   Bb
static on the radio
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
            Bb                   F
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio
           Gm
Is just static on the radio
            Bb                   F
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio

Bridge:
Gm A
Dm Bb
Gm D#
A Bb Dm
D# Gm Dm
Bb Dm F
Dm F
D#

Verse 2:
Bb D#   Dm
Midnight rendevous
             Bb
With a pretty girl
        Gm                     Bb
Wearing a torn and tear-stained gown
     Gm                             Bb
Like a ghost ship she appeared from nowhere
           Gm                     F
On a lonely highway and flagged me down
            Dm                       Bb
I gave her a lift downtown to the Greyhound station
         Gm                   Bb
Under the flicker of the neon light
   Dm
She kissed me goodbye
          Bb                   Gm              Bb
And in the mirror of her eyes I saw my own reflection


Pre-chorus:
A      Gm     C                    F
And I know the blind will sometimes lead the blind
      Gm          C               F
And I know through shadowlands and troubled times
      G        C                 F
And I know forsaking love, we see it's a sign
       Gm    C                     F
And I know of truths forever hid behind

Chorus:
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
   Bb
static on the radio
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
   Bb
static on the radio
          Gm
Is just static on the radio
            Bb                   F
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio
           Gm
Is just static on the radio
            Bb                   F
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio


Verse 3:
Dm
Now there's a church house
       Bb
About a stone's throw down
         Gm                      Bb
From this place where I been staying
               Dm
It's Sunday morning
           Bb
And I'm sittin' in my truck
Gm                        Bb
Listening to my neighbor sing
   Dm                       Bb
Ten years ago I might have joined in
           Gm                   Bb
But don't time change those inclined
        Dm         A        Bb
To think less of what is written
             Gm                 Bb
Than what's wrote between the lines?



Pre-Chorus:
         Gm C                               F
Cause I know dreams are for those who are asleep in bed
         Gm      C                        F
And I know it's a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead
         Gm               C                        F
Cause I know for all my ruminations I can't change a thing
         Gm         C                            F
Still I hope there's others out there who are listening

Outro:
                     Gm
To the static on the radio
              Bb   F D#
Static on the radio
              Gm
Static on the radio
            Bb                   F                     D#
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio
                Gm
Static on the radio
                    Bb                 F         D#
Ain't praying for miracles, I'm just down on my knees
                Gm
Static on the radio
                  Bb         F                      D#
Listening for the song behind everything I think I know
               Gm
Static on the radio
                      Bb            F                D#
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio
Gm                    Bb            F                D#
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio

Outro:
Gm Bb
F D#
Gm D#
Gm Bb D#
Gm Bb Gm
D#