On The Air
Key: E major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 141
Intro:
|E5 /D /G| /A /E| /F# /G /A |
|Bsus4 |A |E/G# |E D5|
|B |A |E/G# |E D5|
Verse 1: (0:34-)
|B |A |E/G# |E D5|
Built in the belly of junk by the river my cabin stands
|B |A |E/G# |E D5|
Made from the trash I dug out 'the heap, with my own fair hands
|E |G#m/D# |E7/D |C#m7 |
Every night, I'm back at the shack and I'm sure no one is there
|E |G#m/D# |E7/D ||6/4 Am6/C |
I'm putting the aerial up, so I can go out on the air
|Cmaj7-5 ||7/4
Chorus: (1:05-)
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|B C#m7 B |
(On the air) - on the air
|E/G# B7/F# E ||4/4
(On the air) - on the air
|A/C# B |E/A | ||
On the air______
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(Intro) (1:16-)
[Verse 2] (1:20-)
Every morning I'm out at dawn with the dwarfs and the tramp
For a silent communion lit from above by the sodium lamps
Everyone I meet out on the street acts as if I wasn't there
But they're all going to know who I am 'cos I can go out on the air
(Chorus) (1:51-)
Bridge: (2:02-)
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|A | |
Leaving the car down leafy lane
Turning out Tarzan for my Jungle Jane
|F# | |
anyone at all, from Captain Zero and
his brand of superhero, standing by a call
|D |A |
Oh it's not easy, no no no
|D |A |Esus4/B | ||
No, no it's not easy making real friends
(Intro) (2:27-)
[Verse 3] (2:46-)
Don't you give me your steak-reared milkboys, milkboys
Half alive on empty white noise, white noise
I got power, I'm proud to be loud; my signal goes out clear,
I want everybody to know that Mozo is here
(Chorus) (3:16-)
Coda: (3:27-)
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|E/A | /B|
|Esus2 | /D /G| | /F# /C#|
| | /C /F| | /B /E |
(repeat twice)
||Esus2 | | | || | | |
On the air________ on the air_____
|Esus2 | (repeat to end)
