Broken Radio No. 1
Released in 1990 by Kitchenware Records
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INTRO
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A
Dadd9
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A
Dadd9
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Dmaj7
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Dmaj7
VERSE 1
At the
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platform’s
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end
Where the
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crowd grew
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thin
And the
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light was
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dim on our
Dmaj7
shoes
We
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sat there so
Dmaj7
tense
Not to
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touch though we
Dmaj7
meant to (I think)
Amaj7
There was
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no will, no
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spe
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ll
To
Esus4
breach the night and stop the talk
She
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tossed her hair and home did walk
Dsus2
Broken
radi
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o
Dsus2
Broken
radi
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o
Gm/A#
On the day that I was born
There was
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no big flash and no great storm
But the
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man read the news in Dutch and warned
“I’m gonna
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play ‘Je t’aime’ on my hunting horn”
Gm/A#
In my cradle I was most impressed
Dm
So this is what you call
C/G
success
G7
INTERLUDE
Dm7/G
Am
VERSE 2
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Dmaj7
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Black
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Seamus
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cried
“My
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shamrock has
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died
And my
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father’s gone
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back to Per
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u”
The
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frost-damp
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town
Wore a
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fat-guts
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frown
And the
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DJ’s played
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Brian
Bor
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F#m
u
The
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Sunday’s sticky, home with rain
Se
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dition never entertained
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o
Gm/A#
Murder the past and all who sail in it
If the
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past is a wreck then all who sail in it
Make me
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realize it’s time to move on
But
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all the ships and the planes have gone
I’m in a
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savage place with a timid song
Dm
Hmm mumbled words
C/G
… maybes
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FADE
F#m9
A
Dadd9
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A
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At the
F#m9
platform’s
Dmaj7
end
Where the
F#m9
crowd grew
Dmaj7
thin
And the
F#m9
light was
Dmaj7
dim
On our
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shoes
Dmaj7
On our
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shoes
Dmaj7