INTRO: G   D   C  (2x)

N.C. G             C            D
I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
            G                C                D
Well, these Delta towns wear satin gowns on a high-beamed frame
        G              C                 D
Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio
              G                 C                  D
Where would I be, in times like these, without the songs Loretta wrote?


CHORUS:
               C             G                            D
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
            C             G                            D
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio
        G  C  D
The radio_______


         G                       C               D
I left a handsome, two-stepping, good ole boy in Tennessee
          G                         C                                 D
Now, he's sitting on the sofa, he's looking for his supper, wondering what's become of me
           G                 C                    D
I've got a double-0-eighteen Martin guitar in the back seat of the car
         G             C              D
And I am leaving Mississippi with the radio on


CHORUS:
               C             G                            D
'Cause when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
            C             G                            D
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio
        G  C  D
The radio_______


INSTRUMENTAL: G   C   D   (4x)


          G               C             D
There's a moon across the border in the Louisiana sky
            G                     C                       D
I smell the Pontchartrain, I hear silver wings and then, away Merle Haggard flies
     G                        C                   D
That good ole boy will find a band of gold on the stereo
             G                           C 
Hey, then my mama's gonna call and say, "Where's she gone?"
            D
He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on."


CHORUS:
        C             G                            D
When you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
            C             G                            D
And when you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio
        G  C                 D
The radio____, listen to the radio