| E | A | E | |
| I had a | six transister when | I was a | kid, |
| B | |
| under my pillow | I kept it hid, |
| E | A | E | |
| When the | lights went out and | no one could | see, |
| B | E | - | A | - | E | - | B | - | E | |
| Over the airwaves the | world came to | me | , |
| (verse 2) |
| I'd go through the stations till I found a game, |
| I knew how the played by the sounds of their names, |
| The sluggers hit homers, those pitchers threw smoke, |
| And I watched it all on my radio, |
| (chorus) |
| A | E | B | A | |
| At the | crack of the | bat i knew | how far it | go, |
| E | B | A | |
| And | I watched it all on | my radio, |
| E | B | E | |
| I watched it all on | my radio, |
| (verse 3) |
| E | A | E | |
| When the b | allgame was over, the r | ap up co | mplete, |
| B | |
| I'd search through the s | tatic till I found a beat, |
| E | |
| The Be | atles and Createns, the Stones and the Birds, |
| B | E | - | A | - | E | - | B | - | E | |
| You should have seen all the gr | oups that I he | ar | d, |
| (verse 4) |
| And on Saturday night when the skies were all clear, |
| a station from Nashville sometimes would appear, |
| The steel guitars and soft southern twang, |
| The stars of the Grand Ole Opery would sing, |
| (chorus) |
| A | E | B | A | |
| And I h | ad a s | eat on the | very front | row, |
| E | B | A | |
| And | I watched it all on | my radio, |
| E | B | E | |
| I watched it all on | my radio, |
| (bridge) |
| A | E | |
| And | right about midnight some | preacher came on, |
| B | E | |
| To | tell me what's right; To | tell me what's wrong, |
| A | E | |
| And | there was a test at the | sound of the beep, |
| E | B | A | |
| It was o | nly a test the vo | ice would re | peat, |
| E | B | A | |
| And the | National Anthem would | sing me to | sleep, |
| (verse 5) |
| E | A | E | |
| I had a | six transister when | I was a | kid, |
| B | |
| under my pillow | I kept it hid, |
| E | A | E | |
| When the | lights went out and | no one could | see, |
| B | E | |
| Over the airwaves the | world came to | me, |
| (chorus) |
| A | E | B | A | |
| And I h | ad a s | eat on the | very front | row, |
| E | B | A | |
| And | I watched it all on | my radio, |
| E | B | E | |
| I watched it all on | my radio, |