Dead Radio Chords
Dead Radio by Rowland S. Howard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Artist: Rowland S. Howard
Song: Dead Radio
Album: Teenage Snuff Film
(View tab with "Courier New" Lettering)
Chords:
Am D C G C*
E|---0---2---0---3--------------------|
B|---1---3---1---0--------------------|
G|---2---2---0---0--------------------|
D|---2---0---2---0--------------------|
A|---0-------3---2---3-3-2-2-0--------|
E|---------------3--------------------|
Intro and Riff played between Verses: Am C* D C
Verses: Am D C
Am C* D C X 2
Am
You're bad for me
D C
Like Cigarettes.
Am
But I haven't sucked
D C
Enough of you yet.
Am
Nothing is sacred,
And nothing is true,
D
I'm no-one that's nowhere,
C Am
When I'm here with you.
C* D C
Am C* D C
Am D C
I've lost the power I had to distinguish
Am D C
Between what to ignite and what to extinguish.
Am
I blew in last night,
I'm the ghost from the coast.
D
When the lighting is bad,
C
I'm the man with the most.
Am
You left me to choke,
On a heart up in smoke,
D
Smiling through your tears,
D Am
And your tetracycline overdose.
C* D C
Am C* D C
Then you play this riff but strum the Am chords several times:
E|---0---------------------0---------------------0---
B|---1---------------------1---------------------1---
G|---2---------------------2---------------------2---
D|---2---------------------2---------------------2---
A|---0---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0---0---------------------0---
E|-----------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-------
E|---------------------0---0---0------|
B|---------------------1---1---1------|
G|---------------------2---0---2------| palm mute
D|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-5---2---0---2------|
A|---------------------0---0---0------|
E|------------------------------------|
Then continue with:
Am C Am, D C G X 4
and on the forth time, end by strumming these several times:
E|---------------------------|
B|----8----9-----------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----9----10----------------|
A|----10---11----------------|
E|---------------------------|
Am
You're good for me
D C
Like coca-cola.
Am
I don't get any younger,
D C
You don't get any older.
Am
Everything's sacred,
And everything's true,
D
All this is possible,
C Am
When I'm here with you.
C* D C
Am C* D C
Am
I've got a lot to say,
D C
But I won't speak with my mouthful.
Am
I'd like to spit it out,
D C
But I keep my own counsel.
Am
I blew in last night,
I'm the ghost from the coast.
D
When the lighting is bad,
C
I'm the man with the most.
Am
You left me to choke,
On a heart up in smoke,
D
Smiling through your tears,
D Am
And your tetracycline overdose.
C* D C
Am C* D C
Again you play this riff strumming the Am chords several times:
E|---0---------------------0---------------------0---
B|---1---------------------1---------------------1---
G|---2---------------------2---------------------2---
D|---2---------------------2---------------------2---
A|---0---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0---0---------------------0---
E|-----------------------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-------
E|---------------------0---0---0------|
B|---------------------1---1---1------|
G|---------------------2---0---2------| palm mute
D|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-5---2---0---2------|
A|---------------------0---0---0------|
E|------------------------------------|
Then continue with:
Am C Am, D C G X 4
and on the forth time strum these several times:
E|---------------------------|
B|----8----9-----------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|----9----10----------------|
A|----10---11----------------|
E|---------------------------|
End with an Am and a pull on the whammy bar ;) Enjoy, Vaggs.