“LISTEN TO THE RADIO,” by Nanci Griffith, (c) 1989 MCA
Records. From the Nanci Griffith album “Storms.”

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
These Delta towns where satin gowns and the high-beam frame

Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio
Where would I be at times like these without the songs
Loretta wrote?

(chorus)
‘Cause when you can’t find a friend, you still got the radio
When you can’t find a friend, you still got the radio
The radio listen to the radio
The radio listen to the radio
It’s the radio listen to the radio
The radio

I left a handsome two-steppin’ good ole’ boy in Tennessee
Now he’s sittin’ on the sofa he’s lookin’ for his supper
wond’rin’ what’s become of me
I got a 00-18 Martin guitar in the back seat of the car
Hey I am leaving Mississippi with the radio on

(chorus)

There’s a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky
I smell the Ponchatrain I hear “Silver Wings” and then
away Merle Haggard flies
That good old boy will find a band of gold on the stereo
Hey then my Mamma’s gonna call say “where’s she gone?” he’ll say
“down the road with the radio on”

And when you can’t find a friend, you still got the radio
And when you can’t find a friend, you still got the radio
The radio listen to the radio
The radio listen to the radio
The radio listen to the radio
The radio now listen to the radio
The radio and its down the road you go
The radio listen to the radio (repeat and fade)

G: 320033
C: x32033 or x32030 (It’s actually C(9).)

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I DON’T WANNA TALK ABOUT LOVE (Nanci Griffith)

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the tab at the end…]
[Actually in F#; capo 2. Each chord is one measure.]
[E022100, B (11 fr.)x99800, Ax77600, Ax02220, Amx02210.]
[Try varying A(9) as x77607 and E as 022200, esp. at the end of the verse.]

E B (11 fr.) A A(9) E B(11) A A
[intro; see tab at end]

E B (11 fr.)
I don’t wanna talk about love
‘Cause I’ve heard it before, and i[A(9)]t talks too loud
E B (11 fr.)
You can hear it in a disco midnight
Sh[A(9)]outing

E B (11 fr.)
And I don’t wanna think about it, think about it
Comes dressed i[A(9)]n summer clothes
When you’re traveling through the heart of the winter’s cold

And I don’t wanna talk about changes
Changes come of their own free will
And if you wanna talk about leavin’
Well you’ve always walked and you always will

And every time you talk about love
Well you talk about your yesterdays
Yesterday’s washing away with this morning’s rain

I don’t wanna talk about it
‘Cause love has a voice of its own
If all we do is try to outshout it, then the love is gone

E B (11 fr.) A A(9)
‘Cause I don’t wanna talk about love now
E B (11 fr.) A A(9)
I don’t wanna talk about love now
E B (11 fr.) A A(9)
I don’t wanna talk about love now
E B (11 fr.) A A(9)
I don’t wanna talk about love now

Can’t you hear the voice in my heart
It calls your name in the middle of the night
It’s always been a quiet voice
When it’s breaking up

I don’t wanna talk about this love
This love was my saving grace
So can’t I just say that I love you and we’ll call it a day

‘Cause I don’t wanna talk about love now
I don’t wanna talk about love now
I don’t wanna talk about love now
I don’t wanna talk about love now

E B (11 fr.) A A(9) E B(11) A A
[repeat intro]
E B (11 fr.) A A(9) E B(11) A A E.
[repeat intro]

INTRO TAB:

Actually, the intro isn’t even played on a guitar, but this is the melody.
Try throwing in some other notes below these (e.g., play the first 1 as
x221xx).

E B (11 fr.) A A(9) E B(11) A A

E --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G 1----1--|--------|2-1-----|--------|1----1--|--------|--------|--------|
D ---2---4|--------|---4-2--|--------|---2---4|------21|--------|2-------|
A --------|--------|-------4|--------|--------|--------|4-------|--------|
E --------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

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