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Song title:      Radio Ga Ga
Original Album:	 The Works

Words and Music by Roger Taylor
Copyright © 1986 Queen Music Ltd.
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:

 Eadd9
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  F#m7
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  A
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  F#m7                              A           E
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|-2-------------------------------|-2-----------0---0---------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-----------1---1---------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-2-----------2---2---------------|
|-4-------------------------------|-0-----------2---2---------------|
|-2-------------------------------|-------------0---0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



  F#m7            E
|-2-----------0---0---------------|
|-2-----------0---0---------------|
|-2-----------0---1---------------|
|-2---------------2---------------|
|-4---------------2---------------|
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| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

 (Ra    -     di -o)



VERSE1:
Notes:
Play chords as in the intro.

Chords:
Eadd9  022102
F#m7   242222
A      x02220

  | Eadd9        | %                  | F#m7               | %
I'd sit alone and  watch your light, my only friend through  teenage nights

  | A           | %            | F#m7         | A    E |
And everything I  had to know, I heard it on my ra-dio



VERSE2:
Chords:
Eadd9  022102
F#m7   242222
A      x02220

  | Eadd9               | %
You gave them all those   old-time stars

      | F#m7              | %
Through wars of worlds in - vaded by Mars

  | A                   | %
You made 'em laugh, you   made 'em cry

  | F#m7            | A        E |
You made us feel like we could fly.


A    E   | F#m7   E |
Ra - dio,  ra - dio



PRE-CHORUS1:
Chords:
E     022100    A      x02220
A7/G  3x2020    Bbdim7 x4535x

 | E                 | %
So don't become some   background noise

| A7/G            | %
A backdrop for the girls and boys

  | A                  | %
Who just don't know or   just don't care

  | Bbdim7             | %
And just complain when   you're not there



CHORUS1:
Chords:
E/B    x22100              E     022100    B     x24442
B7sus4 2222xx or xx4466    F#m7  242222    C#m   x46654
B7     x2120x or xx4445    E7    020130    Bsus4 xx445x or x24452
A      x02220              D     xx0232    Bsus2 x444xx

  | E/B              | %
You had your time, you had the power

     | B7sus4         | B7
You've yet to have your finest hour

| A      E | F#m7   E |
  Ra - dio, (ra - dio)

| E7           | A     E    |
  All we hear is Radio ga ga,

| A     E      |  A     E    |
  Radio goo goo,  Radio ga ga

| E7           | A     E    |
  All we hear is Radio ga ga

| A     E        |
  Radio blah blah

| D           | A   B |
  Radio, what's new?

| C#m    | Bsus4  B   | Bsus2  B     | E  |
  Radio,   some - one   still  loves   you!



VERSE3:
Chords:
Eadd9  022102
F#m7   242222
A      x02220

 | Eadd9             | %               | F#m7        | %
We watch the shows, we watch the stars   on videos for hours and hours

 | A              | %               | F#m7        | %
We hardly need to   use our ears, how music changes through the years.



PRE-CHORUS2:
Chords:
E     022100    A      x02220
A7/G  3x2020    Bbdim7 x4535x

    | E             | %
Let's hope you never  leave old friend

   | A7/G              | %
Like all  good things on you we depend

 | A                  | %
So stick around 'cause  we might miss you

   | Bbdim7              | %
When we     grow tired of  all this visual



CHORUS2:
Chords:
E/B    x22100              E     022100    B     x24442
B7sus4 2222xx or xx4466    F#m7  242222    C#m   x46654
B7     x2120x or xx4445    E7    020130    Bsus4 xx445x or x24452
A      x02220              D     xx0232    Bsus2 x444xx

  | E/B              | %
You had your time, you had the power

     | B7sus4         | B7
You've yet to have your finest hour

| A      E | F#m7   E |
  Ra - dio, (ra - dio)

| E7           | A     E    |
  All we hear is Radio ga ga,

| A     E      |  A     E    |
  Radio goo goo,  Radio ga ga

| E7           | A     E    |
  All we hear is Radio ga ga

| A     E        |
  Radio blah blah

| D           | A   B |
  Radio, what's new?

| C#m    | Bsus4  B   | Bsus2  B     | E  |
  Radio,   some - one   still  loves   you!