Listen To The Radio — Nanci Griffith
Chords and lyrics for Listen To The Radio by Nanci Griffith (key of G).
Verse 1
Nanci Griffith - Listen To The Radio (Nanci Griffith)
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Intro
[G] [C] [G] [D]
Verse
I am [G]leaving [C]Mississippi in the [D]evening rain
These [G]Delta towns wear [C]satin gowns and the [D]high-beam frame
Loretta [G]Lynn guides my [C]hands through the [D]radio
Where would I [G]be at times like [C]these without the [D]songs Loretta wrote?
Chorus
'Cause when you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
When you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o[D]
Verse
I left a [G]handsome two-steppin' [C]good ole' boy in [D]Tennessee
Now he's [G]sittin' on the sofa he's [C]lookin' for his supper wond'rin' [D]what's
become of me
I got a [G]00-18 [C]Martin guitar in the [D]back seat of the car
Hey I am [G]leaving [C]Mississippi with the [D]radio on
Chorus
'Cause when you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
When you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
It's the [G]radio -[C] o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o[D]
Instrumental
[G] [C] [D]
Verse
There's a [G]moon across the [C]border in the [D]Louisiana sky
I smell the [G]Ponchatrain I hear [C]Silver Wings and then [D]away Merle Haggard
flies
That [G]good old boy will find a [C]band of gold on the [D]stereo
Hey then my [G]mama's gonna call say [C]where's she gone, he'll say [D]down the road
with the radio on
Chorus
And when you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
And when you [C]can't find a [G]friend, you still got the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, no listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, and it's [D]down the road you [G]go[D][C]
Outro
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio
The [G]radio - [C]o, listen to the [D]radio (Repeat and Fade)
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