AM Radio
View chords used in this chart
Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Intro:
E A B A
E A
E A B A
E A
Verse
E A B A
The VCR and the DVD - there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
E
We didn't know about a World Wide Web
A B A
Was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid
E
Wanna get down in a cool way?
A B A
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
E
Big Bell Bottoms and groovy, long hair
A B
Just a-walking in style with a portable CD player - No!
[Refrão] E
You would listen to the music on the AM Radio
A B A E A B A
Yeah, you could hear the music on the AM Radio
Verse
E
Flashback to '72
A B A
Another summer in the neighborhood, hanging out with nothing to do
E A
Sometimes we'd go driving around in my sister's Pinto
B A E
Cruising with the windows rolled down
A
We'd listen to the radio station - we were too damn poor
B A
to buy the 8-track tape
E
It wasn't then a good time to want to be inside
A B C#m
My momma want to watch that TV all goddamn night
F#m
I'd be in bed with the radio on
A B
I would listen to it all night long just to hear my favorite song
E
You'd have to wait but you could hear it on the AM Radio
[Refrão]A B A E
Yeah, you could hear the music on the AM Radio
A B A E
I can still hear momma say, "Boy, turn that radio down!"
A
Aww, mom, not that show again!
B A E
I don't wanna watch that show
A B A
Can't we watch Good Times or Chico And The Man or something cool?
B
Turn it off!
Verse
E
Things changed back in '75
A B A
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
E
We got in trouble with the police man
A B A
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van
E
I remember 1977
A B A
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
E
I got a guitar on Christmas day
A B C#m
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play
F#m
Teach me to play
A
Teach me to play
C#m F#m
There isn't any place that I need to go
A B
There isn't anything that I need to know I did not learn from the radio
Interlude
E Em
Outro
N.C.
Yeah, when things get stupid and I just don't know where to find my Happy
B A E A
I listen to the music on the AM Radio
B A E A
You could hear the music on the AM Radio
B A E
You could hear the music on the AM Radio
E
I like Pop, I like Soul
A
I like Rock
B A E
But, I never liked Disco
How to play AM Radio
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Eb. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.