Radio Soul chords by 
Elvis Costello 
N/A•
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
E
B
E
B
E
B
Verse 1
E
I was tuning in
B
the shine on the late night dial
A
E
Doing anything my radio ad_ vised
With every one of those
B
late night stations
A
C#m
Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes
A
I was ser_ iously thinking about
B
hiding the receiver
A
B
When the switch broke 'cause it's old
A
They're saying things that
B
I can hardly believe
They really think we're
Verse 2
getting out of control
E
C#m
Radio is a sound salvation
B
Radio is cleaning up the nation
A
E
They say you better listen
to the voice of reason
A
E
But they don't give you any choice
B
C#m
'cause they think that it's treason
B
G#m
C#m
So you had better do as you are told
B
You better listen to the radio
Interlude 1
E
B
E
B
A
I wan_ na bite the
Verse 3
E
hand that feeds me
A
E
I wanna bite that hand so badly
C#m
I want to make them wish
B
they'd never seen me
Verse 4
E
Some of my friends sit
B
around every evening
A
E
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is over_
B
whelmed by indifference
A
E
And the promise of an early bed
C#m
A
B
You either shut up or get cut up; they
don't wanna hear about it
A
C#m
B
It's only inches on the reel- to- reel
E
And the radio is in the hands
B
of such a lot of fools
E
A
Tryin' to anesthetize the way
B
E
that you feel
C#m
Radio is a sound
Verse 5
salvation
B
Radio is cleaning up the nation
A
E
They say you better listen
B
E
to the voice of reason
A
E
But they don't give you any choice
C#m
'cause they think that it's treason
B
G#m
C#m
So you had better do as you are told
B
You better listen to the radio
E
Verse 6
B
E
B
Wonderful radio
E
B
Marvelous radio
E
B
Wonderful radio
E
B
E
Ra_ dio, radi_ o
Outro 1
B
E
B
E
A
E
A
E
B
E
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