AM Radio
As recorded by Everclear on "SFAAM #1: Learning How to Smile."
Tabbed by Jason P (jasonsevercleartabs@hotmail.com) and JR (lol1@msn.com) 

VERSION 1 - Tabbed by Jason P
Key
^ - upstroke
\ - slide up the guitar (towards the body)
/ - slide down the guitar (towards the headstock)

"KHJ Los Angeles. Portions of the day's programming are 
reproduced by means of electrical transcription or tape recordings."

    D#              G#       A#  G#
e|--3--3--3--3-3-3--4--4--4--6-6-4-4----| x2 
B|--4--4--4--4-4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4-4----|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x2
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |
e|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x4
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
A VCR and a DVD 
There wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about a world wide web
It was a whole different game being played 
Back when I was a kid
You wanna get down in a cool way? 
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
With the big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just a walking in style with a portable CD player

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x2
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
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e|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
No you listen to the music on the AM radio
Yea, you can hear the music on the AM radio

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x4
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Flash back to '72
Another summer in the neighbrohood
Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes we go driving around in my sister's Pinto
Crusing with the windows rolled down
We listen to the radio station
We were too damn poor to buy the 8-track tapes
But it was a good time don't wanna be inside
My momma wanna watch that TV
All God damn night
   
   C           F       G#      A#
   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8----------|
A|-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8----------|
E|-8--8--8--8--1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-6----------|
I'd be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You'd have to wait but you could hear it on the AM radio

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x2
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
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e|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
AM radio
Yea, you could hear the music
On the AM radio
I can still hear momma say
"Boy turn that radio down!"

e|-------------------------------6-8-------8-6-------|
B|------------6-8----------8-6-8-----8-8-------8-6---|
G|---5-8-5-8------8-8----8-------------------------5-|
D|-8-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
 "Oh Mom, not that show again. I don't wanna watch that show. 
Can't we watch Good Times with Chico and the Man or something cool? 
Turn it off!"

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x2
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Things changed back in '75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted for getting high 
In the back of my friend's van

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x1
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 |    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^    |
e|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------|
G|----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
D|----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|
A|----6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
E|---------------------------------|
I remember 1977 
I started going to concerts
And I saw the Led Zeppelin

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x1
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 |    ^  ^  ^  ^      full         |
e|------------------16b-----11-11b-| 
B|---------------------------------|
G|----8--8--8--8-------------------|
D|----8--8--8--8-------------------|
A|----6--6--6--6-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
I got a guitar on Christmas Day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play

   C                               F
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10------10------10------10------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
A|-10------10------10------10------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E|-8-------8-------8-------8-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|
 |                                                                 |
e|-------10-11b-11-------10-11b-11-------10-11b-11-------10-11b-11-| 
B|-11h13-----------11h13-----------11h13-----------11h13-----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Teach me to play  Jimmy Page    

   G#
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------|
A|-6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------|
 |                                                                 |
e|-------10-11b-11-------10-11b-11-------10-11b-11------11------11-| 
B|-11h13-----------11h13-----------11h13-----------11h13---11h13---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Teach me to play  Teach me to play

   C           F       G#      A#
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8----|
A|-10-10-10-10-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8----|
E|-8--8--8--8--1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-6-6----|
 |                                    |
e|-11b-11b-11b-11b-11b-11b-11b-11b----|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
There isn't any other place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know
That I did not learn from the radio

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e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6/-/--------------------------------|
D|-----------6/-/--------------------------------|
A|-----------4/-/--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
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e|-----------------------\14-14-14-14-14-14-14-x-|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------\11-11-11-11-11-11-11-x-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
                                               Ha ha ha 

                                     A#  G#  
e|-----------------------------------6-6-4-4-----|
B|-----------------------------------6-6-4-4-----|
G|-----------------------------------7-7-5-5-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
            Yeah, when things gets stupid and I just don't know

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e|--------------6--x-x-x-6-6-4-4---| x6
B|--8--8--x-x-x-8--x-x-x-6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--x-x-x-8--x-x-x-7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--x-x-x--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   When I find my happy
I listen to the music on the AM Radio
You can hear the music on the AM Radio
I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked disco 
We like pop, we like soul, we like rock, but we never liked disco 

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x4
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |
e|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
We like pop, we like soul, we like rock, but we never liked disco 
We like pop, we like soul, we like rock, but we never liked disco 
AM Radio... No we never liked disco 
AM Radio... No we never liked disco 
AM Radio... No we never liked disco 
AM Radio... No we never liked disco 

    D#             G#    A#  G#  
e|--------------6--4--4--6-6-4-4---| x4
B|--8--8--8-8-8-8--4--4--6-6-4-4---|
G|--8--8--8-8-8-8--5--5--7-7-5-5---|
D|--8--8--8-8-8--------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
 |                                 |
e|-------11-11b-11--16b-16p14-16b--|
B|-11h13---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Suggestion from Mike (LeadGtr4FB@aol.com)

 The one thing I saw that could be more accurate is the intro for AM Radio. 
The way you had it seemed easier but sounds better when played like this.

e|-7---7-----7-----7-----5--5--5---7-7--5-5----|
B|-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---5--5--5---9-9--7-7----|
G|-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---6--6--6---8-8--6-6----|
D|-----9-----9-----9---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

This is repeated a few times during the intro but also at some random times
during the rest of the song.

Suggestion from Nick Arciaga (jedirex311@earthlink.net)

I am not sure if this is accurate, but it is the general idea when they
play this live.

main riff (power chords):
   E D E D  A G A G 
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-9-7-9-7-----------|
D|-9-7-9-7--7-5-7-5--|
A|-7-5-7-5--7-5-7-5--|
E|----------5-3-5-3--|

Thats the general idea, aside from Art screaming like crazy and lots of
neck slides.That's it!
Nick A.

VERSION 2 - Tabbed by JR

  Guitars are tuned down a half step
   
  Chords Used:
   
  E X7999X
  A 577655
  B 799877
  C# X466XX
  F# 244XXX
  A5 577XXX
  B5 799XXX
   
   
  "KHJ Los Angeles.
   Portions of todays broadcasting are used by means of electrical transctription or tape recordings"
   
  Intro:
   
  E             A          B  A
   
  E             A          B  A
  Oooooooo  Awwwwwwww
  E             A                                 B   A
                 You could hear the music on the   
  E            A           B              A
  AM Radio              I Don’t Like Disco  GO!
   
   
  Verse 1:
                                                                                    B A
  The VCR and the DVD there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
   
  We didn't know about a world wide web 
                                                                        B         A
  there was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid
   
  You Wanna Get down in a cool way?
                                           B   A
  Picture yourself on a beautiful day
   
  Big Bell Bottoms and that groovy long hair
                                                   B         A
  Just Walking In Style with a potable CD player
   
   
  Chorus:
                                                         E
  No you would listen to the music on the AM Radio
                 A     B A
  (AM Radio)
                                                         E
  Yeah You Could Hear The Music On The AM Radio
                   A      B  A
  (I don’t Like disco) 
   
   
  Verse 2:
   
  Flash Back (Back) to Seventy Two 
                                                                              B         A
  Another Summer In The Neighborhood hanging outh with nothing to do 
   
  Sometimes We'd be driving around In My Sisters Pinto 
                         B           A
  Cruisin With The Windows rolled down
                                                                                                     B       A
  We Would Listen To The Radio Station we were too damn poor to bye the eight track tapes
   
  There Wasn't Any Good Time To Want To Be Inside
                                                      B    A         
  My Momma'd wanna watch that TV all god damned night
   
   
  Chorus 2:
  C#                                  F#
  I'd be in bed with the radio on
                                A5
  I'd listen to it all night long
                                   B5
  Just to hear my favorite song
   

  Chorus 1:
                                                                  E       
  You'd have to wait till you could hear it on the AM Radio
                 A     B A
  (AM Radio)
                                                         E
  Yeah You Could Hear The Music On The AM Radio
                   A      B  A
  (I don’t Like disco) 
   
  "I can still hear mamma say Boy turn that radio down"
   
  "Awww mom, not that show again, I don't wanna watch that show.
  Can't we watch GOOD TIMES or CHICO AND THE MAN or something else?
  TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF TURN IT OFF!"
   
  Verse 3:
   
  Things changed back in seventy five
                                                          B   A
  We were all growing up on the in and the outside
           
  We got in trouble with the Po-lice man 
                                                           B             A
  We got busted gettnig high in the back of my friend's van
   
   
  Verse 4:
   
  I remember ninteen seventy seven
                                                          B        A
  I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zepplin
   
  I got a guiar on Christmas Day 
                                                                                     B
  I Dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play
   
   
  Bridge:
  C#
  Play Play 
                    F#
  Teach Me To Play 
  Play 
                     A5
  Teach Me To Play 
                  B5
  Yeah Yeah Yeah
   
   
  Bridge 2:
  C#                                            F#
  There isn't anything that I need to know
                  A5                      
  There ins't anything place that I need to go 
                                  B5
  I did not learn from the Radio
   
   
  Ending Part:
   
  Well If Things Get Stupid And I Just don’t know 
                                                                                             B  A
  Weather to find my happy, or listen to the  music on the AM Radio 
   
  You Could Hear The Music on The 
   
  Ending Part 2:
   
  I like Rock
  I like soul
  I like Pop 
  But I Never liked disco
   
  Ending Part 3:
  E
  I Like Rock 
   
  I Like Soul
  A
  I like Pop
                  B      A
  But I never liked disco
   
  Then it just ad-libs until 3:57

JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - https://members.tripod.com/~panec/