Late Nite Radio

Words & Music by Bill and Taffy Danoff
Sung by John Denver
from Windsong (1975)


D                           D7
There's lonely hearts in Arkansas
          G              Em
There's truckers in Des Moines
      A               A7            D
All there to keep me company in the early morn
                    D7
A world unknown to daytime
    G            Em
Is forever going on
    D               A
The airways of the nation
         G       A7       D
Between midnight and the dawn

   D    G    A7 D
  Late nite radio
  Bm
  Take it everywhere I go
   G                    D
  Best friend when I'm lonely
         A         A7 D
  Is my late nite radio

D                D7
Well I turn the dial
          G                         Em
A little bit past one-o-one point two
    A                 A7 
In time to catch the news
                D
And see who's shooting who
                       D7
Then I hunt around for old songs
            G             Em
They're so good to hear again
     D              A
To think of how it was
         G      A7         D
Imagine how it might have been

   D    G    A7 D
  Late nite radio
  Bm
  Take it everywhere I go
   G                    D
  Best friend when I'm lonely
         A         A7 D
  Is my late nite radio

    Bm
    La La La I sing along
              A
    'Cause I never know the words
  D              G           A
    La La La La La La La La La
         G
    I'd love to call a talk show
                           D
    But I haven't got the nerve
           A       D
    La La La Oh Oh Oh radio

D                      D7
The Lord is still my shepherd
            G               Em
But these preachers got to go
      A               A7          
This time of night my interest
        D
Lies in U.F.O.'s
                      D7
So I turn the dial a little
      G                 Em
Past fifty-six point three
    D             A
To find myself a lullaby
    G      A7       D
To rock me off to sleep

   D    G    A7 D
  Late nite radio
  Bm
  Take it everywhere I go
   G                    D
  Best friend when I'm lonely
         A         A7 D
  Is my late nite radio

   D    G    A7 D
  Late nite radio
  Bm
  Take it everywhere I go
   G                    D
  Best friend when I'm lonely
         A         A7 D
  Is my late nite radio