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______

( 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 )