B  6  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 8  | 10 | 1
G  7  | 7  | 3  | 6  | 5  | 8  | 10 | 2
D  7  | 8  | 5  | 7  | 5  | 8  | 10 | 3
A  5  | 8  | 5  | 7  | 3  | 6  | 8  | 3
E  x  | 6  | 3  | 5  | x  | x  | x  | 1


[Intro]

E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|----2h3-2---------|
D|--0-------0-3-2-1-|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Dm   Bb   Gm  Bb A (x2)

[Verse]
           Dm              Bb
           3 A.M. I’m awakened
           Gm           Bb A
By a sweet summer rain
           Dm            Bb
Distant howling of a passing
Gm              Bb A
     Southbound coal train

           Dm               Bb                     Gm
Was I dreaming or was there someone just lying here
                 Bb A
Beside me in this bed?
        Dm                     Bb
Am I hearing things? Or in the next room
      Gm                        Bb         A
Did a long forgotten music box just start playing?

      Gm           C                           F*
And I know (it’s a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead)
      Gm             C                          F*
And I know (it’s a crime to weave your wishes into what they said)
       Gm           C                        F*
And I know (only  fools venture where them spirits tread)
        Gm            C                            F*
Cause I know (every word, every sound bouncing around my head)

[Chorus]
                       Gm
Is just static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                   F              Eb
(Static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Everything I think I know is just static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Everything I think I know is just static on the radio)

[Verse]
            Dm             Bb
Midnight rendezvous with a pretty girl
           Gm                    Bb    A
Wearin' a torn and tear-stained gown
            Dm                        Bb
Like a ghost ship, she appeared from nowhere
            Gm                         Bb   A
On a lonely highway and flagged me down
               Dm                     Bb
I gave her a lift downtown to the Greyhound station
                Gm                   Bb A
And in the flicker of the neon lights
           Dm                     Bb
She kissed me goodbye and in the mirror of her eyes
  Gm             Bb   A
I saw my own reflection

       Gm       C                      F*
And I know (The blind will sometimes lead the blind)
       Gm            C                    F*
And I know (Through shadow lands and troubled times)
       Gm      C                  F*
And I know (Forsaking love, we seek the signs)
       Gm       C             F*
Ans I know (Of truths forever hid behind)

[Chorus]
                       Gm
Is just static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                   F              Eb
(Static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Everything I think I know is just static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                  F              Eb
(Everything I think I know is just static on the radio)

[Solo]

[Verse]
(A bit quieter in the next four lines, you could try palm muting or other techniques to your taste.)
                  Dm                Bb
Now there's a church house about a stone's throw down
          Gm                       Bb A
From this place where I been staying
            Dm                 Bb
It's Sunday morning and I'm sittin' in my truck
Gm                          Bb A
Listening to my neighbor sing
      Dm                    Bb
Ten years ago I might have joined in
          Gm                   Bb   A
But don’t time change those inclined
          Dm                Bb
To think less of what is written
            Gm                    Bb  A
Than what’s wrote between the lines?

         Gm    C                            F *
Cause I know (dreams are for those who are asleep in bed)
       Gm           C                         F *
And I know (it's a sin putting words in the mouths of the dead)
        Gm                  C                  F *
Cause I know (for all my ruminations I can't change a thing
        Gm              C                           F *
Still I hope (there's others out there that are listening)

[Chorus]
                      Gm
To the static on the radio
                Bb                  F              Eb
(Static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
               Bb                   F              Eb
(everything I think I know is just static on the radio)
               Gm
Static on the radio
                     Bb                F          Eb
(Ain't praying for miracles, I'm just down on my knees)
                       Gm
Is just static on the radio
                    Bb            F                 Eb
(Listening for the song behind everything I think I know)

(Static on the radio)
Gm                    Bb            F             Eb
Everything I think I know is just static on the radio