Biography:
American singer-songwriter Dar Williams lives at the intersection of pop and folk. She fuses many genres (blues, rock, jazz), resulting in a rather organic sound. She has been making music for over a decade.
Her studio album My Better Self finds Dar at an unequivocally brazen crossroads. Reflecting on American politics, the disillusionment and apathy of youth, and the female experience, Dar makes no apology for her outspoken beliefs.
Her 2008 album, entitled Promised Land.
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Other songs:
- The Christians And The Pagans
- You're Aging Well
- After All
- Another Mystery
- Are You Out There
- Arrival
- As Cool As I Am
- Blue Light Of The Flame
- Book Of Love
- Bought And Sold
- Buzzer
- Closer To Me
- Crystal Creek
- Echoes
- Empire
- Family
- Farewell To The Old Me
- February
- Fishing In The Morning
- Flinty Kind Of Woman
- Here Tonight
- Holly Tree
- I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything
- I Had No Right
- I Have Been Around The World
- I Have Lost My Dreams
- I Saw A Bird Fly Away
- If I Wrote You
- Iowa
- It Happens Every Day
- Its Alright
- Mercy Of The Fallen
- Miss You Till I Meet You
- Party Generation
- Playing To The Firmament
- So Close To My Heart
- Southern California Wants To Be Western New York
- Spring Street
- Summer Child
- Summerday
- Teen For God
- The Babysitters Here
- The Beauty Of The Rain
- The Blessings
- The Business Of Things
- The Easy Way
- The Light And The Sea
- The Mercy Of The Fallen
- The Ocean
- The One Who Knows
- The Pointless Yet Poignant Crisis Of A Co
- The Tide Falls Away
- The Worlds Not Falling Apart
- This Earth
- Traveling Again Traveling I
- What Do You Hear In These Sounds
- What Do You Love More Than Love
- When I Was A Boy
- Your Fire Your Soul
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Dar Williams - Are You Out There
CAPO: 3rd Fret
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
CAPO: 3rd Fret
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
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