Ramones - We Want the Airwaves: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "We Want the Airwaves" 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Am         F    G
9 to 5 and 5 to 9
Ain't gonna to take it
It is our time
We want the world
And we want it now
We are going to take it anyhow

Chorus:
             Am     F G
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves, baby
If rock is going to stay alive

    Am
Oh yeah, well all right
       F
Let's rock, tonight
     G
All night
Oh yeah, well all right
Let's rock, tonight
All night

Where is your guts
And will to survive
And do not you want to
Keep rock n' roll music alive
Mr. Programmer
I got my hammer
And I am going to
Smash my
Smash my
Radio

Chorus

Oh yeah, well all right
Let's rock, tonight
All night
Oh yeah,well all right
Let's rock, tonight
All night

We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves, baby


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

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 "We Want the Airwaves" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "We Want the Airwaves" by Ramones.

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