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 |Abm/Eb |E7/D |C#m7 | Every night, I'm back at the shack and I'm sure no one is there |E |Abm/Eb |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-) ~~~~~~~ |B C#m7 (x4242x@1) B (x2444x@1) | (On the air) - on the air |E/G# B7/F# E (022100@1) ||4/4 (On the air) - on the air |A/C# B (x2444x@1) |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-) ~~~~~~~ |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-) ~~~~~ |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)