AM Radio — Everclear
Chords and lyrics for AM Radio by Everclear (key of E).
Verse 1
In the main progression (E A B A), the last A is a quick single-downstroke
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listen carefully to get the timing right. Otherwise, this is a very simple
song.
Intro
[E] [A] [B] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A] [B] [A]
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Verse
[E]The VCR and the DVD - there wasn't [A]none of that crap back in [B]1970[A]
[E]We didn't know about a World Wide Web
Was a [A]whole different game being played [B]back when I [A]was a kid
[E]Wanna get down in a cool way?
[A]Picture yourself on a [B]beautiful day[A]
[E]Big Bell Bottoms and groovy, long hair
Just [A]a-walking in style with a [B]portable CD player - No!
Chorus
You would listen to the music on the [E]AM Radio
[A]Yeah, you could [B]hear the [A]music on the[E] AM [A]Radio[A][B]
Verse
[E]Flashback to '72
Another [A]summer in the neighborhood, hanging [B]out with nothing [A]to do
[E]Sometimes we'd go driving around in my [A]sister's Pinto
Cruising [B]with the windows [A]rolled [E]down
We'd listen to the radio station - we were [A]too damn poor
to buy the [B]8-track tape[A]
[E]It wasn't then a good time to want to be inside
My [A]momma want to watch that TV [B]all goddamn [C#m]night
I'd be in bed with the radio [F#]on
I would listen to it all night [A]long just to hear my favorite [B]song
You'd have to wait but you could hear it on the [E]AM Radio
Chorus
[A]Yeah, you could [B]hear the music [A]on the [E]AM Radio
I can [A]still hear momma say, [B]"Boy, turn that [A]radio [E]down!"
Aww, mom, not that [A]show again!
I don't [B]wanna watch [A]that [E]show
Can't we watch Good Times or [A]Chico And The Man or something [B]cool?[A]
Turn it [B]off!
Verse
[E]Things changed back in '75
We were [A]all growing up on the in [B]and the [A]outside
[E]We got in trouble with the police man
We got [A]busted getting high in the back of [B]my friend's [A]van
[E]I remember 1977
I started [A]going to concerts and I saw the [B]Led [A]Zeppelin
[E]I got a guitar on Christmas day
I dreamed that [A]Jimmy Page would come to Santa [B]Monica and teach me to [C#m]play
Teach me to [F#]play
Teach me to [A]play
[C#m]There isn't any place that I need to [F#m]go
There isn't anything that I need to [A]know I did not learn from the [B]radio
Interlude
[E] [Em]
Outro
N.C.
Yeah, when things get stupid and I just don't know where to find my Happy
I listen [B]to the music [A]on the [E]AM Radio[A]
You could [B]hear the music [A]on the [E]AM Radio[A]
You could [B]hear the music [A]on the [E]AM Radio
[E]I like Pop, I like Soul
[A]I like Rock
But, I [B]never liked [A]Disco[E]
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