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On The Air

Peter Gabriel
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 <synth fade="" in="" with="" fast="" esus2="" riff="">
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 (0:34-)
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   Built in the belly of junk by the river my cabin stands
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   Made from the trash I dug out 'the heap, with my own fair hands
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   Every night, I'm back at the shack and I'm sure no one is there
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   ||6/4
 
   I'm putting the aerial up, so I can go out on the air
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  -5  ||7/4
 (1:05-)
 ~~~~~~~
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 (On  the air) - on the air
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   ||4/4
 (On the air) - on the air
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  On  the air______
 (Intro)
  <first 3="" bars="" only="">
  (1:16-)
 (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-)
 (2:02-)
 ~~~~~~~
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  Leaving  the car down leafy lane
  Turning out Tarzan for my Jungle Jane
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  anyone  at all, from Captain Zero and
  his brand of superhero, standing by a call
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   Oh it's not easy, no no no
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  No,  no it's not easy making real friends
 (Intro) (2:27-)
 (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-)
 (3:27-)
  <synth riff="" &="" bass="" solo="">
 ~~~~~
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 (repeat  twice)
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 On the  air________ on the air_____
 

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Readable chord sheet for On The Air by Peter Gabriel

<synth fade="" in="" with="" fast="" esus2="" riff="">

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 [E5]
 [D]
 [G]
 [A]
 [E]
 [F#]
 [G]
 [A]

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 [Bsus4]
 [A]
 [E/G#]
 [E]
 [D5]

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 [B]
 [A]
 [E/G#]
 [E]
 [D5]

(0:34-)

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 [B]
 [A]
 [E/G#]
 [E]
 [D5] Built in the belly of junk by the river my cabin stands
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 [B]
 [A]
 [E/G#]
 [E]
 [D5] Made from the trash I dug out 'the heap, with my own fair hands

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 [E]
 [Abm]
 [Eb]
 [E7]
 [D]
 [C#m7]  Every night, I'm back at the shack and I'm sure no one is there
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 [E]
 [Abm]
 [Eb]
 [E7]
 [D]               ||6/4
 [Am6]
 [C]  I'm putting the aerial up, so I can go out on the      air

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 [Cmaj7]-5  ||7/4

(1:05-)
~~~~~~~
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 [B]      [C#m7]
([B]On    the    air) - on the air
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 [E/G#]
 [B7]
 [F#]
 [E]                ||4/4
(On    the    air) - on the air
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 [A/C#]
 [B]
 [E/A]On    the   air______

(Intro)
 <first 3="" bars="" only="">
   (1:16-)

(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-)

(2:02-)
~~~~~~~
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 L[A]eaving   the   car    down leafy lane
 Turning out Tarzan for my Jungle Jane

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 a[F#]nyone at all,    from  Captain Zero and
 his brand of superhero, standing by a call

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  [D]
  [A]   Oh it's not easy, no no no
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  [D]
  [A]
  [Esus4]
 N[B]o, no it's not easy making real friends

(Intro) (2:27-)

(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-)

(3:27-)
  <synth riff="" &="" bass="" solo="">

~~~~~
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   [E/A]
   [B]

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   [Esus2]
   [D]
   [G]
   [F#]
|  [C#]    |    /
   [C]
   [F]
   [B]
(re[E]peat twice)

      ||
On [Esus2]the air________      on the air_____

 [Esus2]

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