Radio Soul chords by Elvis Costello

SimplifiedE · B · A · C#m · G#m

Capo: No capo

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Intro 1

Verse 1
E 
I was tuning  (E major) in
B 
the shine on the late  (B major) night dial
A 
E 
Doing  (A major) anything my radio advised  (E major) 
With every one of those
B 
 (B major) late night stations
A 
C#m 
Playing songs  (A major) bringing tears to my  (C sharp minor) eyes
A 
I was ser (A major) iously thinking about
B 
 (B major) hiding the receiver
A 
B 
When the  (A major) switch broke 'cause it's old  (B major) 
A 
 (A major) They're saying things that
B 
I can  (B major) hardly believe
They really think we're

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Verse 2
getting out of control
E 
C#m 
 (E major) Radio is a  (C sharp minor) sound salvation
B 
Radio is cleaning  (B major) up the nation
A 
E 
They say  (A major) you better  (E major) listen
to the voice of reason
A 
E 
But they don't  (A major) give you any  (E major) choice
B 
C#m 
'cause they think that  (B major) it's  (C sharp minor) treason
B 
G#m 
C#m 
So you had  (B major) better  (G sharp minor) do    as you are  (C sharp minor) told
B 
You better listen  (B major) to the radio

Interlude 1

I wanna bite the

Verse 3

hand that feeds me

I wanna bite that hand so badly

I want to make them wish

they'd never seen me

Verse 4
E 
Some  (E major) of my friends sit
B 
around  (B major) every evening
A 
E 
And they worry  (A major) about the times ahead  (E major) 
But everybody else is over
B 
 (B major) whelmed by indifference
A 
E 
And the  (A major) promise of an early bed  (E major) 
C#m 
A 
B 
 (C sharp minor) You either shut  (A major) up or get cut  (B major) up; they
don't wanna hear about it
A 
C#m 
B 
It's  (A major) only inches  (C sharp minor) on    the reel-  (B major) to- reel
E 
And  (E major) the radio is in the hands
B 
of  (B major) such a lot of fools
E 
A 
Tryin' to  (E major)  (A major) anesthetize the way
B 
E 
 (B major) that  (E major) you feel
C#m 
Radio  (C sharp minor) is    a sound

Verse 5
salvation
B 
Radio is  (B major) cleaning up the nation
A 
E 
They say  (A major) you better  (E major) listen
B 
E 
to the  (B major) voice of  (E major) reason
A 
E 
But they don't  (A major) give you any choice  (E major) 
C#m 
'cause they think that it's  (C sharp minor) treason
B 
G#m 
C#m 
So you had  (B major) better do as  (G sharp minor) you   are  (C sharp minor) told
B 
You better listen  (B major) to the radio
E 
 (E major) 

Verse 6
B 
 (B major) 
E 
B 
Wonderful  (E major) radio  (B major) 
E 
B 
Marvelous  (E major) radio  (B major) 
E 
B 
Wonderful  (E major) radio  (B major) 
E 
B 
E 
Radio,  (E major)  (B major) radi (E major) o