LISTEN TO THE RADIO (Nanci Griffith)
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[Actually in Bb; capo 3]

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I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
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These Delta towns wear satin gowns and the high-beam frame
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Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio
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Where would I be at times like these without the songs Loretta wrote?

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'Cause when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
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When you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
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The radio,   oh, listen to the radio
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The radio,   oh, listen to the radio
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It's the radio,   oh, listen to the radio
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The radio,  oh,   oh

I left a handsome two-steppin' good ol' boy in Tennessee
Now he's sittin' on the sofa, he's lookin' for his supper,
   wonderin' what's become of me
I got a double-oh eighteen Martin guitar in the back seat of the car
Hey I am leaving Mississippi with the radio on

'Cause when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
When you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
It's the radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, oh, oh

[Instrumental, same chords as verse]

There's a moon across the border in my Louisiana sky
I smell the Ponchatrain, I hear "Silver Wings," and then away Merle Haggard flies
That good ol' boy will find a band of gold on the stereo
Hey then my Mama's gonna call, say "where's she gone?" he'll say,
   "down the road with the radio on"

When you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
And when you can't find a friend, you still got the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, oh, listen to the radio
The radio, oh, now listen to the radio
The radio, oh, and its down the road you go

The radio, oh, listen to the radio  [repeat and fade]

- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/