Nine Volt Heart Chords by Dave Alvin

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His mama said, baby, wait for me in the car. _ _
[C] She went looking [D] for his daddy inside a bar. _
[C] So he sat and let the radio [F] take him far away. _
[C] Listen to that [G] XPRS and KRLA, _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ plastic [F] silver nine volt power.
_ [Dm] You click it on and [G] let the music start.
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And the _ _ [F] radio _ _ [C] was his toy.
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The _ _ radio _ was [C] his toy.
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_ Rachel was 20 and he was 17 years old,
_ sitting in a parked [D] car on a country road, _
_ running his fingers [F] through her long [G] black hair, _
[C] and the staples singing.
[G] Baby, I'll take you there.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ Plastic [F] silver nine volt power.
_ [Dm] You click it on and [G] let the music start. _ _ _
[C] And the _ _ [F] radio _ was [C] his toy.
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The _ _ radio _ _ [C] was his toy.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ Doing the dishes long after midnight,
_ _ _ talking about the [G] evening news with his [C] wife.
The baby wakes up [F] and starts to cry.
_ [C] So they turn the radio [G] on for his lullaby. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Plastic [F] silver nine volt power. _
[Dm] You click it on and [F] let the music start.
[Am] _ Plastic [F] silver nine volt power. _
[Dm] You click it on and [G] let the music start.
_ _ _ [C] And the _ _ [F] radio _ [C] was his toy. _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] The _ _ [F] radio _ [C] was his toy. _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Plastic [F] silver nine volt [C] power. _ _ _
[F] Radio.
_ _ [C] _ _ Plastic [F] silver nine volt power.
[D] You [Dm] click it on and [F] let the [C] music start. _ _ _ _
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