Song: Atmospherics (Listen to the radio)
Artist: Tom Robinson
Composers: Tom Robinson & Peter Gabriel
Album: War baby:(Hope & Glory)
Tabbed by DJ
3rd Jun 2015
A simple version for acoustic guitar
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of Gm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em7 = 022030 D = xx0232 D9 = xx0210
A6 = x02222 Dsus2 = xx0230 E13sus4 = 020220
A7 = x02020 D4 = xx0233 F#m = 244222
C/D = xx0010 or xx0553 D6 = xx0202 G = 355433
G/D = xx0003 or xx0787 D7 = xx0212 Em7/B = x22030
^ = Emphasise stacatto brass section stabs
TUNING:
Available to buy on Bandcamp.com the original album version
is quite flat of concert pitch, to play along
use a chromatic tuner to de-tune all strings by approx.-40.
Various live versions, which are usually closer to concert
pitch, available for free download from Soundcloud.com
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[Intro]
Em7 A6 Em7 A7 Em7 A6 Em7 A7
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[Verse 1]
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
Leave the bureau in the snow, catch a tram to Onkel Pö,
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
Early evening ring around the moon,
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
Slip in by the concierge, by the bikes and up the stairs,
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
Snap the latch, and creep into the room!
[Verse 2]
C/D G/D C/D G/D
Throw off your coat, pick up the post,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9 D7
And put a coffee on,
C/D G/D C/D G/D
Lie down on the bed, lay back your head,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9
Smoke a cigarette,
D7 Em7 A6 E13sus4
And listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo, ^ ^ ^
Em7 A6 E13sus4
Listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo! ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
In the city late tonight, double feature, black and white,
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
'Bitter Tears' and 'Taxi to the Klo',
Em7 A6 Em7 A7
Find a bar, a - void a fight, show your papers, be polite,
Em7 A6 Em7
Walking home with nowhere else to go!
[Verse 4]
C/D G/D C/D G/D
You throw off your coat, pick up my note,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9 D7
Put another coffee on,
C/D G/D C/D G/D
Lie down on the bed, lay back your head,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9
Smoke another cigarette,
D7 Em7 A6
And listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo,
E13sus4 Em7 A6 E13sus4
Listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo! ^ ^ ^
^ ^ ^ ^
[Break]
Em7 A6 Em7 A7 Em7 A6 Em7 A7
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[Bridge]
Em7 F#m G A7
Atmospherics after dark, noise and voices from the past,
Em7/B G/D Em7 A6
A - cross the dial from Moscow to Co - logne,
Em7 F#m G A7
Interference in the night, thousand miles on either side,
Em7/B G/D Em7
Stations fading into the un - known!
[Verse 5]
C/D G/D C/D G/D
So throw off your coat, butter some toast,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9
Put another coffee on,
D7 C/D G/D C/D G/D
We'll lie down on the bed, lay back our heads,
D Dsus2 D4 D D6 D7 D9
Smoke another cigarette---------,
D7 Em7 A6
And listen to the radio, woo,oo - oo,
E13sus4 Em7 A6
Listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo,
^ ^ ^ ^
E13sus4 Em7 A6
We'll listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E13sus4 Em7 A6
Listen to the radio, woo, oo - oo,
^ ^ ^ ^
E13sus4 Em7 A6 E13sus4
All night long! | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Coda]
Em7 A6 Em13sus4
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Em7 A7 E13sus4
| / / / / | /___/ /___/ / / :|| [Repeat]
^ ^ ^ ^
