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Radiation Vibe
(Chris Collingwood/Adam Schlesinger)
Recorded by Fountains of Wayne, 1996
Intro:

A chord w/ this riff (4x):

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|--2---4---2---h4---s6---6---4---2-------|
|--0---0---0----0----0---0---0---0-------|
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AA Piano Chord 

Are you alone now  did you lose the monkey
DD Piano Chord 
                                   AA Piano Chord 

He gave you backaches and now you slouch
AA Piano Chord 

He didn't mean it  he's just a dumb ape
DD Piano Chord 
                         AA Piano Chord 

Reading Playboy  on your couch
DD Piano Chord 

And now it's time to say
EE Piano Chord 

What I forgot to say
AA Piano Chord 
                  F#mF#m Piano Chord 

Baby, baby, baby, C'mon what's wrong
AA Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 

It's a Radiation Vibe I'm groovin' on
AA Piano Chord 
                   EE Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 

Don't it make you wanna get some sun
E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
   E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
   E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

Shine on, shine on, shine on

Repeat Intro w/Shaft-style wah-wah

Verse II:

I went to Pittsburgh  and joined a pro team
Talk about a bad dream  I broke my knee
But I can still croon  and make the girls swoon
Isn't that the way life's  supposed to be
And now it's time to say  what I forgot to say

Chorus II:

Baby, baby, baby, C'mon what's wrong
It's a Radiation Vibe I'm groovin' on
Don't it make you wanna get some sun
Shine on, shine on, shine on
E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
   E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
   E6E6 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 

Shine on, shine on, shine ooooon

1/2 verse with "Doo doo doo doo" vocals

And now it's time to say  what I forgot to say

Repeat chorus I and II, end on A (let it ring)

Tab/Chord interpretation by Craig Carlson

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