Matchbox Twenty - Radio: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Radio" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

    A
Outside America
Everybody's just waking up
D
Drinking coffee from a paper cup
        E
To the sound of the radio

                A
And there's a broke town girl
In the parking lot
Shaking off her dress with everything she's got
      D
Last night she started dancing and she couldn't stop
 E
Daylight came and it broke her heart

           D
She's been up all night
Dream so big
E
In a town where dreams don't bit

Chorus:
     A                  D
Come on now people it's all we got
                              E
We feel it in our hearts for sure
        A                           D
Like a song that's been playing for all our lives
We know it's right
    E
We heard it on the radio

Outside America
There's a boy and there's a girl he loves
But he never really gave enough
So she couldn't take no more

She said she couldn't stay oh-oh
She had to walk away
Cause she's never gonna get it
Never gonna get it

And she's never gonna live that way
He says oh my God, I feel like hell

Chorus

          D
And it's all these moments that
  E
Start all the fires that
 A                            D
Make all these moments burn bright
                     E
So how can all this be right

Chorus

Oh-oh, we know it's right
'Cause we heard it on the radio
Oh-oh, yeah we know it's right
We heard it on the radio

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Radio" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Radio" by Matchbox Twenty.