The Last DJ Tabs:
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No one else has done this new song yet, so i guess its up to me
This is my first tab. I think its pretty good
Let me know what you think!
The lyrics are definitely completely accurate
Standard Tuning
Intro: Riff into Am
e ----------------------
B ----------------------
G -5-4-2-0--------------
D ----------2-0---------
A ---------------3-2-0--
E ----------------------
Verse:
Am Em
Well you cant turn him into a company man
Am G C
you cant turn him into a whore
Am Em C
and the boys upstairs just dont understand anymore
Verse:
Am Em
well the top brass dont like him talking so much
Am G C
and he wont play what they say to play
Am Em C
and he dont want to change what dont need to change
Chorus:
Am Em
There goes the last DJ
Am Em
who plays what he wants to play
Am Em
says what he wants to say
C
hey, hey, hey
Am Em
There goes your freedom of choice
C G Am G F
There goes the last human voice
G Am
There goes the last DJ
Verse:
Am Em
Some folks say they're gonna hang him so high
Am G C
cause you just cant do what he did
Am Em C
there's some things you just cant put in the minds of these kids
Verse:
Am Em
As we celebrate mediocrity
Am G C
all the boys upstairs want to see
Am Em C
how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free
Chorus:
Am Em
There goes the last DJ
Am Em
who plays what he wants to play
Am Em
says what he wants to say
C
hey, hey, hey
Am Em
There goes your freedom of choice
C G Am G F
There goes the last human voice
G Am
There goes the last DJ
Verse:
Am Em
Well he got him a station down in Mexico
Am G C
Sometimes it'll kinda come in
Am Em C
and i'll bust a move and remember how it was back then
Chorus:
Am Em
There goes the last DJ
Am Em
who plays what he wants to play
Am Em
says what he wants to say
C
hey, hey, hey
Am Em
There goes your freedom of choice
C G Am G F
There goes the last human voice
G Am
There goes the last DJ
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Matt Rhythm Player |
#1 by Matt at Oct 1, 2007 at 6:17 PM EST |
| tom petty is one of the few people in the world that dont give a shit what radio stations think. there were stations that refused to play this song when he released it, so tom refused to play concerts in those areas. radio has gone straight to hell. there are no local stations anymore...its all pumped in from one mainframe station god knows where. a classic rock station around here says they'll never repeat a song between 9 AM and 5 PM...at 4:55 PM they played the Boss' "Born to Run"(great song, dont get me wrong), but at 5:01 PM they played it again. Back to back, but it wasnt between 9 and 5. Radio is bullshit. | |
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cody Wanna Be |
#2 by cody westermier at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:54 AM EST |
| the enitire album is beautiful and well stated. I'm only twenty-three, but fortunate to live in a house where good music was not only welcomed, but appreciated. i've been a petty fan my whole life. it's sad, though, this album is reserved only for the truest petty fans. eff clear channel and god bless the heartbreakers. | |
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Ashley Rhythm Player |
#3 by Ashley 666 at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:16 PM EST |
| Pretty obvious. One thing that I heard was that the line about "the boys upstairs" wanting "to see how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free" is about satellite radio. Music on the radio was always free, but now people have found a way to charge people for it. Then again, Tom Petty does a show on one of the satellite stations, so maybe that idea is wrong. | |
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Lucas Average |
#4 by Lucas Gracia at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:55 AM EST |
| Fairly obvious what this song means, Tom is biting the hand that feeds him once again. But with style. | |
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Kubota35 Professional |
#5 by Kubota35 at Oct 8, 2007 at 6:24 AM EST |
| i love this song... it truely puts the MAN in his place... its like that rush song.... "one likes to believe in the freedom of music but glitering prizes and endless comprimises shatter the illusions of integrity" i hate that radio stations make a song popular because the feel like it...B-sides are always better than what they pick... | |
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daint Rhythm Player |
#6 by daint at Oct 9, 2007 at 2:05 PM EST |
| As a DJ, I can tell you what this is all about: The first verse talks about the DJ as the independent voice of the radio station, the one who will always bump up against corporate management (the hereforto "boys upstairs"). The DJ in this first verse is the one who controls the shots and causes the boys upstairs to go into convulsions, that they cannot control this guy. The second verse is a split meaning: First, the argument that is commonly made about DJs is that they corrupt the youth by speaking freely about things (Opie and Anthony, etc.). The three lines there are the moral authority (Libs and Conservatives alike) complaining. Second, Tom slaps the hand of the bigwigs and their mediocre, cookie cutter music selections. Playlists today, as an insider, are about 100 songs on a Top 40 station. 300 for a classic rock station. This is what Clear Channel and others want to peddle. The Pay for what the others get for free talks about CDs. Previously, music was exchanged with people by audiotape and was a free way to express. And now, Clear Channel and others want you to pay for the CD, satellite radio, and other things, instead of allowing people to listen for free. The last mini-verse is what most DJs did way back when. They'd go to a 1 million watt blowtorch of a station in Mexico and do what they felt there. Generally it's an AM station, and it has less FCC restrictions (cause it's in Mexico). On the whole, it's good Tom Petty vs. the Clear Channel machine...and it apparently is working, as Clear Channel and other companies start divesting 1/2 of it's station lineups. | |
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julian Average |
#7 by julian at Oct 10, 2007 at 11:06 AM EST |
| Tom's done it again. Great guy. | |
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Drennan Professional Badass |
#8 by Drennan Bragg at Oct 13, 2007 at 11:41 PM EST |
| yea tom petty is one of the few artists that have spanned the decades and have consistently made unique and meaningful music. and that is the main reason why i am a fan. | |
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_Heretic_ Wanna Be |
#9 by _Heretic_ at Oct 17, 2007 at 12:43 AM EST |
| I too thought the lyric about "the boys upstairs want to see/how much you'll pay for what you used to get for free" to be about satellite radio. Whether Tom is right or wrong to be making this type of album, he's dead on in pretty much every aspect. I was wondering if the song title was about an actual DJ, perhaps someone Tom knew that got bumped or phased out by the "new" version of radio. Anyone know? It's probably about DJ's and radio in general, but I thought it could have a deeper, more personal meaning to Tom. Agreed too about most radio stations going to shit and pushing whatever songs they feel like, not what people actually want to listen to. Same reasons it irritates me that most pop stations nowadays have turned into suburban hip hop stations. | |
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dylan Average |
#10 by dylan markus at Oct 19, 2007 at 2:41 PM EST |
| he's right though. clearchannel owns almost 75% of the communication across all of america? it's all such bullshit. no more unique voices instead we're drowned out by some "cool" cronie who sucked the dick of the boss to score some points just to play the same songs over and over and over. hell i turned on the radio four nights in a row at the same time every time and it was the same song every time. right-o tom petty! | |
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