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BORDER RADIO
Dave Alvin - C# (Capo 1)
  It’s Cone more midnight, and her Fman is still gone
  CThe night moves too Fslow
  She Ctries to reC/Bmember, the Amheat of his touch
  While Flistenin’ to the Gborder radiCoF  C  F  
  She calls toll-free, and requests an Cold song
  Something they used to know
  She prays to herself, that wherever he is
  He’s listenin’ to the border radio
Chorus
  FThis song comes from 1962
  DediAmcated to a man who’s gone
  F50,000 watts out of MexicCo
  This is the Gborder radiCo, this is the Gborder radiCo
                                 Last Chorus play 'Am' here
  She thinks of her son, asleep in his room
  And how her man won’t see him grow
  She thinks of her life, and she hopes for a change
  While listenin’ to the border radio
Break / Repeat Chorus
  And they play her tune, but she can’t concentrate
  She wonders why he had to go
  It’s one more midnight, and her man is still gone
  And she’s listenin’ to the border radio
Repeat Chorus
  FThis is the Gborder CradioF  C  F  G  C  
 C/B- X22010

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Border Radio

by Dave Alvin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

BORDER RADIO

Dave Alvin - C# (Capo 1)

C F

It’s one more midnight, and her man is still gone

C F

The night moves too slow

C C/B Am

She tries to remember, the heat of his touch

F G C F C F

While listenin’ to the border radio

She calls toll-free, and requests an old song

Something they used to know

She prays to herself, that wherever he is

He’s listenin’ to the border radio

Chorus

This song comes from 1962

Dedicated to a man who’s gone

F C

50,000 watts out of Mexico

G C G C

This is the border radio, this is the border radio

Last Chorus play 'Am' here

She thinks of her son, asleep in his room

And how her man won’t see him grow

She thinks of her life, and she hopes for a change

While listenin’ to the border radio

Break / Repeat Chorus

And they play her tune, but she can’t concentrate

She wonders why he had to go

It’s one more midnight, and her man is still gone

And she’s listenin’ to the border radio

Repeat Chorus

F G C F C F G C

This is the border radio

C/B

- X22010

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