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Version 1[Intro] | E B E | B | E B E | B | [Verse 1] E B I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial A E Doing anything my radio advised. B With every one of those late night stations A C#m Playing songs, bringing tears to my eyes. A B I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver A B When the switch broke 'cause it's old. A B They're saying things that I can hardly believe. B E They really think we're getting out of control. [Chorus] E C#m Radio is the sound salvation. B Radio is cleaning up the nation. A E B E They say you better listen to the voice of reason. A E B C#m But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. B C#m So you had better do as you are told. B E You better listen to the radio. [Interlude] | E B E | B | E B E | B | [Bridge] Am E I want to bite the hand that feeds me. Am E I want to bite that hand so badly. C#m B I want to make them wish they'd never seen me. [Verse 2] E B Some of my friends sit around every evening A E And they worry about the times ahead. B But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference A C#m And the promise of an early bed. A B You better shut up or get cut up; A B They don't wanna hear about it. A B It's only inches on the reel-to-reel. A B And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools B E Trying to anaesthetize the way that you feel. [Chorus] E C#m Radio is the sound salvation. B Radio is cleaning up the nation. A E B E They say you better listen to the voice of reason. A E B C#m But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. B C#m So you had better do as you are told. B E You better listen to the radio. [Outro] E B E B E B E B Wonderful radio E B E B Marvelous radio E B E B Wonderful radio E B E B Radio, radio. E B E B Radio, radio.