Nine Volt Heart chords by Dave Alvin

SimplifiedC · F · Am · G · Dm

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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His mama said,
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"Baby, wait for me in the car"
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And she went lookin' for
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his daddy inside a bar
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So he sat and let the radio take him far away
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Listenin' to X-P-R-S and
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and and and K-R-L-A

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Verse 2

Plastic Plastic Plastic

Plastic silver nine volt heart

You click it on and let the music start

And the radio was his toy

The radio was his toy

Verse 3
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Well, Rachel was twenty
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and he was seventeen years old
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Sittin' in a parked car
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on a country road
Runnin' his fingers
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through her long black hair
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And the Staples singin', "Baby,

Verse 4
I'll take you there"
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Plastic silver nine volt heart
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You click it on and let the music start
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And the radio was his toy
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C 
The radio was his toy

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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Doin' the dishes long after
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midnight
Talkin' about the even
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in' news with his wife
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The baby wakes up and starts to cry
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So they turn the radio on
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for his lullaby