INTRO: C
Perhaps I am a miscreation
Am
No one knows the truth, there is no future here
C
And you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia
Am
And laughs at all I have to fear
Laughs at all I have to fear
DmG
You always play the madmen poets
DmG
Vinyl vision, grungy bands
DmG
You never know who's still awake
DmG
You never know who understands and
CHORUS:
Am
Are you out there, can you hear this?
FG
Jimmy Olson, Johnny Memphis
AmFG
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Am
And though the static walls surround me
FG
You were out there and you found me
AmFG
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
C
Last night we drank in parking lots
Am
And why do we drink? I guess we do it, 'cause
C
And when I turned your station on
Am
You sounded more familiar than that party was
You more familiar than that party
DmG
It's the first time I stayed up all night
DmG
It's getting light, I hear the birds
DmG
I'm driving home on empty streets
DmG
I think I put my shirt on backwards
CHORUS:
Am
Are you out there, can you hear this?
FG
Jimmy Olson, Johnny Memphis
AmFG
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Am
And though the static walls surround me
FG
You were out there and you found me
AmFG
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
BRIDGE:
Am
And what's the future, who will choose it?
FG
Politics of love and music
Am
Underdogs who turn the tables
FG
Indie versus major labels
Am
There's so much to see through
FG
Like our parents do more drugs than we do
Am
Oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh
FG
Oh, oh, oh
C
Corporate parents, corporate town
Am
I know every TV set that has them lit
C
They preach that I should save the world
Am
They pray that I won't do a better job of it
Pray that I won't do a better job
DmG
So, tonight I turned your station on
DmG
Just so I'd be understood
DmG
Instead another voice said I was
DmG
Just too late and just no good_____
CHORUS: (## key change - up 2 semitones ##)
Bm
Calling Olson, Calling Memphis
GA
I am calling, can you hear this?
BmGA
I was out here, listening all the ti-e-ime
Bm
And I will write this down and then
GA
I will not be alone again, yeah
Bm
I was out here, listening
GA
Oh yeah, I was out here, listening
BmGEAD
Oh yeah, I am out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime