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Song on the Radio – Al Stewart
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Written by: Al Stewart
From: "Time Passages" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Less barree and easier to play: transpose this tab -3 steps to A.
To match the original key put on a capo 3rd fret.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bb/C x-3-x-3-3-1
C x-3-2-0-1-0
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[Intro]
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
[Verse]
Bb/C C
I was making my way through the wasteland
Bb/C C
The road into town passes through
Bb/C C
I was changing the radio stations
Bb/C C
With my mind on you
[Verse]
Bb/C C
Oh, your friends call you 'Lily Paloma'
Bb/C C
But that's not the way that you are
Bb/C C
It's too much of a gentle misnomer
Bb C
For a shooting star
[Bridge]
F
But you and me, baby
C F C
I saw you there, straight away I knew
F
There's really no hiding
C F C
I tell you right now what we're gonna do
Eb F
We'll go collecting the days
Ab G
Putting the moments away
[Chorus]
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
[Interlude]
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
[Verse]
Bb/C C
I remember the first time I saw you
Bb/C C
Alone in the dark, with a drink
Bb/C C
With a candle flame burning before you
Bb/C C
And your thoughts closed in
[Verse]
Bb/C C
You were staring out into the distance
Bb/C C
Not seeming to hear what I said
Bb/C C
Why did you put up such resistance
Bb C
Like all the lights were red
[Bridge]
F
But you and me, baby
C F C
I saw you there, straight away I knew
F
There's really no hiding
C F C
I tell you right now what we're gonna do
Eb F
We'll go collecting the days
Ab G
Putting the moments away
[Chorus]
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
[Solo]
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb/C | C | Bb/C Bb | C |
| F | % | C | F C |
| F | % | C | F C |
| Eb | F | Ab | G |
| Bb | C | Bb/C | C |
| Bb | C | Bb/C | C |
[Verse]
Bb/C C
I don't know what it was that was painful
Bb/C C
But sometimes it's there in your face
Bb/C C
There are times when you just look disdainful
Bb/C C
Of the human race
[Verse]
Bb/C C
Ah, but then on the wings of emotion
Bb/C C
We circle each other in flight
Bb/C C
Till together we roll like the ocean
Bb C
In its bed at night
[Bridge]
F
But you and me, baby
C F C
I saw you there, straight away I knew
F
There's really no hiding
C F C
I tell you right now what we're gonna do
Eb F
We'll go collecting the days
Ab G
Putting the moments away
[Chorus]
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
Bb C
You're on my mind
| Bb/C | C |
Like a song on the radio
[Outro]
Bb/C C
Oh, woah
Bb/C C
Song on the radio
Bb/C C
Oh, woah
Bb/C C
Song on the radio
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| Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C |
