Intro -x4-: Cm Eb Fm Ab Cm Eb Fm Eb
 
Verse 1:
Fm            Ab
I think it's time
Cm         Eb
For you to know
Fm         Ab    Cm
The awful truth
     Eb                      Fm
The truth about me, and the truth about you
                Ab
Cause you're a brand new species
Cm
Big cat
Eb
Space Nazis
Fm
Robert Stack
Ab          Cm
God damn it, gonna snap
Eb             Fm
Leonard Nimoy, Call me back -Call me back-
 
Chorus:
Ab                      Cm
I try to call you every day
                       Eb
I'm rehearsing what to say
                     Fm                   Ab
When the truth comes out -Of my very own mouth-
                       Cm
I've been working on a unified theory
      Eb                          Fm
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
Ab                       Cm
Cause I'm the right one
Eb                Fm
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
Ab               Cm
I'm the only one
Eb            Fm
On your a.m., a.m. radio
 
Verse 2:
Ab  Cm            Eb
Oh,    I'm crying now
Fm         Ab  Cm
Authentic tears
      Eb                    Fm
They flow out of me when I think about you
                  Ab                Cm
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand
                  Eb                            Fm                          Ab
Cause you're the only person in the world who'd understand the meaning of this
      Cm
Oh My God
  Eb                   Fm                         Ab
I try and I try and I try to make you listen to me
 
Chorus:
Ab                      Cm
I try to call you every day
                       Eb
I'm rehearsing what to say
                     Fm                   Ab
When the truth comes out -Of my very own mouth-
                       Cm
I've been working on a unified theory
      Eb                          Fm
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
Ab                       Cm
Cause I'm the right one
Eb                Fm
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
Ab               Cm
I'm the only one
Eb            Fm
On your a.m., a.m. radio
 
Bridge:
Ab                 Cm
Don't hang up yet, I'm not done
Eb             Fm
I'm an expert, I'm the one
Ab              Cm
The one who was right all along
Eb              Fm
Better to be laughed at than wrong
Ab             Cm
  I'm an expert in my field
Eb        Fm
UFOlogy, yes, it's all real
Ab             Cm
Ancient aliens, it's all true
Eb            Fm
I'm an expert just like you
         Ab                 Cm
And like you, I'm a genius before my time
Eb             Fm
Disbelieving, that's the real crime
Ab                      Cm        Eb            Fm
Pretty soon they'll discover me in the Super-Sargasso Sea
 
Chorus:
Ab                       Cm
I try to call you every day
           Eb
What can I say
                     Fm                   Ab
When the truth comes out -Of my very own mouth-
                       Cm
I've been working on a unified theory
      Eb                          Fm
If I make it through tonight everybody's gonna hear me out
Ab                       Cm                Eb
Cause I'm the right one, on my touch-tone telephone
Eb                Fm
On my touch-tone, touch-tone telephone
Ab               Cm            Eb
I'm the only one, on your a.m radio
Eb            Fm
On your a.m., a.m. radio
 
Outro -x4-: Cm Eb Fm Ab Cm Eb Fm Eb