Listen To The Radio

	  		
 


Intro: G   D   C  (2x) 

N.C. G             C            D 
I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain 
            G                C                D 
Well, these Delta towns wear satin gowns on a high-beamed frame 
        G              C                 D 
Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio 
              G                 C                  D 
Where would I be, in times like these, without the songs Loretta wrote? 


               C             G                            D 
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
            C             G                            D 
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 
        G  C  D 
The radio_______ 



         G                       C               D 
I left a handsome, two-stepping, good ole boy in Tennessee 
          G                         C                                 D 
Now, he's sitting on the sofa, he's looking for his supper, wondering what's become of me 
           G                 C                    D 
I've got a double-0-eighteen Martin guitar in the back seat of the car 
         G             C              D 
And I am leaving Mississippi with the radio on 


 
               C             G                            D 
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
            C             G                            D 
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 
        G  C  D 
The radio_______ 



Instrumental: G   C   D   (4x) 

          G               C             D 
There's a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky 
            G                     C                       D 
I smell the Pontchartrain, I hear silver wings and then, away Merle Haggard flies 
     G                        C                   D 
That good ole boy will find a band of gold on the stereo 
             G                           C  
Hey, then my mama's gonna call and say, "Where's she gone?" 
            D 
He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on." 


        C             G                            D 
When you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
            C             G                            D 
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 
        G  C                 D 
The radio____, listen to the radio 



OUTRO:  G   C   D