Satellite Elvis Costello
<br/> Satellite<br/> from Spike<br/> tabbed by ah-HA! Pronoun trouble <br/> <br/> <br/> [intro] Em C#m A B <br/> <br/> E C#m<br/> She looked like she learned to dance<br/> <br/> <br/> B A<br/> >From a series of still pictures<br/> <br/> <br/> E C#m<br/> She's madly excited now<br/> <br/> <br/> B A<br/> She throws her hands up like a tulip<br/> <br/> G#7/B#<br/> B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B -----------<br/> She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party | | 1 1 1 |<br/> | | | | | 2<br/> | 3 | | | |<br/> G#m G#7/B#<br/> Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air<br/> <br/> <br/> C#m F#7/A# B A<br/> Champagne rolls off her tongue like a second language<br/> <br/> F#7/A#<br/> B E --x-------- <br/> And it should have been her biggest night | | 1 | | |<br/> | | | | 2 |<br/> 3 | | 3 | |<br/> A F# B B7/D# E<br/> The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry<br/> <br/> B7/D#<br/> tacet C#m A -----------<br/> All over the world at the very same time | | 1 | | |<br/> | | | 2 | 2<br/> | | | | | |<br/> B B7/D# E<br/> People sharing the same sorrow<br/> <br/> <br/> C#m A<br/> As the satellite looks down<br/> <br/> <br/> B A B7<br/> Her darkest hour is somebody's bright tomorrow<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> E C#m B A<br/> He pulled on a cigarette in the crook of his first finger<br/> <br/> <br/> E C#m B A<br/> Felt the static electric charge of her perfect hourglass figure<br/> <br/> <br/> B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B<br/> As he undressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent<br/> <br/> <br/> G#m G#7/B# C#m<br/> How could she know as she stepped through the lights<br/> <br/> <br/> F#7/A# B A<br/> That her dress would become transparent<br/> <br/> <br/> B E<br/> And with his face pressed to the screen<br/> <br/> <br/> A F# B B7/D# E<br/> He muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him<br/> <br/> <br/> tacet C#m A<br/> All over the world at the very same time<br/> <br/> <br/> B B7/D# E<br/> People sharing the same cheap sensation<br/> <br/> <br/> C# A <br/> The thrill of watching somebody watching<br/> <br/> <br/> B A B7<br/> Those forbidden things we never mention<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> [chorus]<br/> <br/> E C#m7 A B7 E<br/> The satellite looks down right now and forever<br/> <br/> <br/> C#m7 A B7<br/> What it has pulled apart, let no man tether<br/> <br/> <br/> G#m F# F#m<br/> His own body to his dream, his dream to someone else<br/> <br/> <br/> B B7<br/> Oh no, oh no<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> E C#m B A<br/> She went back to her pitiful compromise, he'd go back to his family<br/> <br/> <br/> E C#m B A <br/> But for the matter of a thousand miles that separated them entirely<br/> <br/> <br/> B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B<br/> In the hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses<br/> <br/> <br/> G#m G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B A<br/> Now they both know what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers<br/> <br/> <br/> B E<br/> And in a funny way it's anonymous<br/> <br/> <br/> A F# B B7/D# E C#m<br/> The satellite, it blesses us and makes these dreams come true<br/> <br/> <br/> A C#m A<br/> All over the world at the very same time<br/> <br/> <br/> C#m<br/> All over the world<br/> <br/> <br/> [chorus]<br/> <br/> [last 2 chords are B7 and Dsus2, which is a regular D with the E open]<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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