CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: C
Perhaps I am a miscreation
No one knows the truth, there is no [Am]future here
And [C]you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia
And laughs at all I [Am]have to fear
Laughs at all I have to fear
You [Dm]always play the [G]madmen poets
[Dm]Vinyl vision, [G]grungy bands
You [Dm]never know who's [G]still awake
You [Dm]never know who [G]understands and
CHORUS:
[Am]Are you out there, can you hear this?
[F]Jimmy Olson, [G]Johnny Memphis
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
And [Am]though the static walls surround me
[F]You were out there [G]and you found me
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Last [C]night we drank in parking lots
And why do we drink? I guess we [Am]do it, 'cause
And [C]when I turned your station on
You sounded more familiar than that [Am]party was
You more familiar than that party
It's the [Dm]first time I stayed [G]up all night
It's [Dm]getting light, I [G]hear the birds
I'm [Dm]driving home on [G]empty streets
I [Dm]think I put my [G]shirt on backwards
CHORUS:
[Am]Are you out there, can you hear this?
[F]Jimmy Olson, [G]Johnny Memphis
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
And [Am]though the static walls surround me
[F]You were out there [G]and you found me
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
BRIDGE:
And [Am]what's the future, who will choose it?
[F]Politics of [G]love and music
[Am]Underdogs who turn the tables
[F]Indie versus [G]major labels
[Am]There's so much to see through
Like our [F]parents do more [G]drugs than we do
[Am]Oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh
[F]Oh, oh, oh[G]
[C]Corporate parents, corporate town
I know every TV set that [Am]has them lit
They [C]preach that I should save the world
They pray that I won't do a better [Am]job of it
Pray that I won't do a better job
So, to[Dm]night I turned your [G]station on
[Dm]Just so I'd be [G]understood
In[Dm]stead another [G]voice said I was
[Dm]Just too late and [G]just no good_____
CHORUS: (## key change - up 2 semitones ##)
[Bm]Calling Olson, Calling Memphis
[G]I am calling, [A]can you hear this?
[Bm]I was out here, listening all the [G]ti-e-[A]ime
And [Bm]I will write this down and then
I [G]will not be a[A]lone again, yeah
[Bm]I was out here, listening
Oh yeah, [G]I was out here, [A]listening
[Bm] [G] [E] [A] [D]
Oh yeah, I am out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
INTRO: C
Perhaps I am a miscreation
No one knows the truth, there is no [Am]future here
And [C]you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia
And laughs at all I [Am]have to fear
Laughs at all I have to fear
You [Dm]always play the [G]madmen poets
[Dm]Vinyl vision, [G]grungy bands
You [Dm]never know who's [G]still awake
You [Dm]never know who [G]understands and
CHORUS:
[Am]Are you out there, can you hear this?
[F]Jimmy Olson, [G]Johnny Memphis
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
And [Am]though the static walls surround me
[F]You were out there [G]and you found me
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
Last [C]night we drank in parking lots
And why do we drink? I guess we [Am]do it, 'cause
And [C]when I turned your station on
You sounded more familiar than that [Am]party was
You more familiar than that party
It's the [Dm]first time I stayed [G]up all night
It's [Dm]getting light, I [G]hear the birds
I'm [Dm]driving home on [G]empty streets
I [Dm]think I put my [G]shirt on backwards
CHORUS:
[Am]Are you out there, can you hear this?
[F]Jimmy Olson, [G]Johnny Memphis
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
And [Am]though the static walls surround me
[F]You were out there [G]and you found me
[Am] [F] [G]
I was out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
BRIDGE:
And [Am]what's the future, who will choose it?
[F]Politics of [G]love and music
[Am]Underdogs who turn the tables
[F]Indie versus [G]major labels
[Am]There's so much to see through
Like our [F]parents do more [G]drugs than we do
[Am]Oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh
[F]Oh, oh, oh[G]
[C]Corporate parents, corporate town
I know every TV set that [Am]has them lit
They [C]preach that I should save the world
They pray that I won't do a better [Am]job of it
Pray that I won't do a better job
So, to[Dm]night I turned your [G]station on
[Dm]Just so I'd be [G]understood
In[Dm]stead another [G]voice said I was
[Dm]Just too late and [G]just no good_____
CHORUS: (## key change - up 2 semitones ##)
[Bm]Calling Olson, Calling Memphis
[G]I am calling, [A]can you hear this?
[Bm]I was out here, listening all the [G]ti-e-[A]ime
And [Bm]I will write this down and then
I [G]will not be a[A]lone again, yeah
[Bm]I was out here, listening
Oh yeah, [G]I was out here, [A]listening
[Bm] [G] [E] [A] [D]
Oh yeah, I am out here, listening all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-ime
