Tom: Am
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
Dm G
You always play the madmen poets
Dm G
Vinyl vision, grungy bands
Dm G
You never know who's still awake
Dm G
You never know who understands and
CHORUS:
Am
Are you out there, can you hear this?
F G
Jimmy Olson, Johnny Memphis
Am F G
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Am
And though the static walls surround me
F G
You were out there and you found me
Am F G
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
Dm G
It's the first time I stayed up all night
Dm G
It's getting light, I hear the birds
Dm G
I'm driving home on empty streets
Dm G
I think I put my shirt on backwards
CHORUS:
Am
Are you out there, can you hear this?
F G
Jimmy Olson, Johnny Memphis
Am F G
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Am
And though the static walls surround me
F G
You were out there and you found me
Am F G
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?
F G
Politics of love and music
Am
Underdogs who turn the tables
F G
Indie versus major labels
Am
There's so much to see through
F G
Like our parents do more drugs than we do
Am
Oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh
F G
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
Dm G
So, tonight I turned your station on
Dm G
Just so I'd be understood
Dm G
Instead another voice said I was
Dm G
Just too late and just no good_____
CHORUS: (## key change - up 2 semitones ##)
Bm
Calling Olson, Calling Memphis
G A
I am calling, can you hear this?
Bm G A
I was out here, listening all the ti-e-ime
Bm
And I will write this down and then
G A
I will not be alone again, yeah
Bm
I was out here, listening
G A
Oh yeah, I was out here, listening
Bm G E A D
Oh yeah, I am out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
