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R.E.M. - Radio Song Chords

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Radio Song Chords

(ver. 2)
R.E.M.
[Intro]
Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio!  ...Uh!
Yo, ...turn to that station!

    G *                      Csus2/G *
e |-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----| [x2]
B |----12----12----12----12-|----13----13----13----13-|
G |-12----------12----------|-12----------12----------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-------------------------|-------------------------|

      G *          Csus2/G *         G *
The world is col - lapsing ...a - round our ears,
Csus2/G *             G *   Csus2/G *           G *  Csus2/G *
    I turned up the radio,     I can't hear it!


[Verse 1]
       E7 *                      E            E4 E
When I got to the house, and I called you out,
         E7 *                          E          E4 E
I could tell that you had been crying,   (Crying!)
           E7 *                   E     E4 E
It's that same sing-song on the radio,
     E      E4           E
It makes ...me ...sad!


[Verse 2]
  Asus2    A7sus2       Asus2    A7sus2     Asus2
I meant to turn it off,        to say good - bye,
   A7sus2   Asus2  A7sus2     Asus2  E7 *    E    E4  E
To leave in quiet,  that radi - o   song!     ...Hey, hey...
 E7 *              E             E4  E
Hey----! Ah -hah!     Hup - hup!


[Bridge 1]
        G          Cm/G
I've everything to show,
                  (Everything...)

         G           Csus2/G
  I've everything to hide,
(...to show,        everything...)

          G            Cm/G           G
Look in - to my eyes,  listen to the radio,
  (...to hide!)

Cm/G              G       Csus2/G             G
 I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it,

   Cm/G                  Am   Am7     D
Now, I can't hear it!  | /  /  /  / | /_/ /_/  /  / |
                                      ^ ^ ^ ^  ^

[Verse 3]
       E7 *               E            E4 E
When I got to the show,  (Yo -ho -ho!)
         E7 *                           E          E4 E
I could tell that you had been crying,    (Crying!)
           E7 *               E         E4 E
It's that same sing-song, the DJ sucks,
    E7 *            E    E7 E E7 E
It makes me sad!  | /  /  /_/  /_/ |


[Verse 4]
  Asus2    A7sus2      Asus2  A7sus2     Asus2  A7sus2  Asus2
I tried to turn it off,     to say good - bye, ...my ...love,
A7sus2 Asus2  E7 *    E    E4   E
  That radio song!     ...Hey, hey...
    E7 *     E     E7 E E7 E
...Hey!    | /  /  /_/  /_/ |


[Verse 5]
      G             Cm/G         G
The world is col - lapsing a - round our ears,
Csus2/G               G       Cm/G
    I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it!
  Am    Am7    D
| /  /  /  / | /_/ /_/  /  / |
               ^ ^ ^ ^  ^

[Verse 6]
     E7 *  E      E7 E E7 E   E7 *              E   E7 E E7 E
Yeah!        Yeah!               (Baby, baby, baby!)

E7 *             E        E4 E   E7 *          E        E4 E
     Hup -hup! | /  /  /  /_/  |  /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /_/  |


[Verse 7]
  Asus2   A7sus2      Asus2  A7sus2     Asus2    A7sus2 Asus2
I tried to sing along,             but, damn that radio song,
A7sus2      E7 *   E   E4    E   E7 *     E        E4 E
  Hey, hey, hey!       Hey, hey, hey!   | /  /  /  /_/  |


[Bridge 2]
        G          Cm/G
I've everything to show,
                  (Everything...)

         G           Csus2/G
  I've everything to hide,
(...to show,        everything...)

          G            Cm/G           G
Look in - to my eyes,  listen to the radio,
  (...to hide!)

Cm/G              G       Csus/G              G
 I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it,

   Cm/G                  Am   Am7     D
Now, I can't hear it!  | /  /  /  / | /_/ /_/  /  / |
                                     ^ ^ ^ ^  ^

[Verse 8]
Hey, hey...

...Hey!                           (Say what?)
    E7 *                      E   E7 E E7 E
||: /_/_/_/ /__/_/ /_/__/ / | / / /_/  /_/ :|| [Repeat riff]

Hey, hey, hey!  (Let me do that wit' cha!)  Hey, hey, hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey!  (Yup! Boom!)

Hey, hey, hey!  (Say what, say what, say what?)

Hey, hey, hey!  (Check it out!)


[Rapping coda]
 E7 *
What are you saying?   What are you playing?

Who are you obeying, day out day in?   Huh!

Baby, baby, baby, that stuff is driving me crazy!

DJs communicate ...to the masses, sex and violent classes!

Now our children grow up prisoners,
All their lives RADIO LISTENERS---------!            
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