Radio Child Chords & Tabs
Main Riff:
Bm
/ / / /
|--2---2---------------|
|--3---3---------------|
|--4---4----h-----2----|
|--4---4---2^4-4----4--|
|--2---2---------------|
|----------------------|
Verse 1:
Bm
Always been the radio's child
Quick-to-smile precious baby
Am Em
Search the dial and electrify
Bm
Drive a tight little corner back in the mirror
Radio boys trying on all their moves
C E
Spare some change and testify
A
Radio playing in your sleep
E
Prophet waiting in your car
F#m E D C#m Bm
Worlds whispered in the mind of a radio child
A
Rhymes cheating keeping time,
E
Eyes stretching across the stars
F#m E D C#m Bm
Over and over in the life of a radio child
Radio Child
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Bm (3x) Bm D A F#m Em G Em
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|-2-2-----|-2--5--2---|-2------|-0------|-3------|-0------|
|-3-3-----|-3--7--2---|-2------|-0------|-3------|-0------|
|-4-4-----|-4--7--2---|-2------|-0------|-4------|-0------|
|-4-4-----|-4--7--2---|-4------|-2------|-5------|-2------|
|-2-2-----|-2--5--0---|-4------|-2------|-5------|-2------|
|---------|-----------|-2------|-0------|-3------|-0------|
Groove over an Em until Todd calls for the change to C.
After Todd's drums break, jam over a C chord for 8 measures,
then move back to the Main Riff.
Verse 2:
Bm
The radios laugh like all their friends
Telling jokes the old folks know so well
Am Em
Like an old guitar plays a lullaby
A
Radio cradling your dreams
E
Prophet waiting in your car
F#m E D C#m Bm
Worlds whispered in the mind of a radio child
A
Rhymes cheating keeping time,
E
Eyes stretching across the stars
F#m E D C#m Bm
Over and over in the life of a radio child
Bm
Yeah radio child
Precious baby, precious baby
Jam over the Bm for a bit, then end with this:
Bm (3x) Bm D A F#m
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|-2-2-------|-2--5--2-----|-2-------|
|-3-3-------|-3--7--2-----|-2-------|
|-4-4-drums-|-4--7--2-----|-2-------|
|-4-4-------|-4--7--2-----|-4-------|
|-2-2-------|-2--5--0-----|-4-------|
|-----------|-------------|-2-------|