Elvis Costello - Satellite
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From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)
Satellite
from Spike
tabbed by ah-HA! Pronoun trouble <MELINDA@delphi.com>
[intro] Em C#m A B
EShe looked like she C#mlearned to dance
B>From a serAies of still pictures
EShe's madly exC#mcited now
BShe throws her hands up Alike a tulip
G#7/B#
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B -----------
She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party | | 1 1 1 |
| | | | | 2
| 3 | | | |
G#m G#7/B#
Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air
C#m F#7/A# B A
Champagne rolls off her tongue like a second language
F#7/A#
B E --x--------
And it should have been her biggest night | | 1 | | |
| | | | 2 |
3 | | 3 | |
A F# B B7/D# E
The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry
B7/D#
tacet C#m A -----------
All over the world at the very same time | | 1 | | |
| | | 2 | 2
| | | | | |
B B7/D# E
People sharing the same sorrow
As the C#msatellite looks Adown
Her Bdarkest hour is Asomebody's bright B7tomorrow
EHe pulled on a C#mcigarette Bin the crook of Ahis first finger
EFelt the static elC#mectric charge Bof her perfect Ahourglass figure
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B
As he undressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent
G#m G#7/B# C#m
How could she know as she stepped through the lights
F#7/A# B A
That her dress would become transparent
And Bwith his face pressed Eto the screen
A F# B B7/D# E
He muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him
tacet C#m A
All over the world at the very same time
B B7/D# E
People sharing the same cheap sensation
The C#thrill of watching Asomebody watching
BThose forbidden Athings we never B7mention
[chorus]
The EsatellC#m7ite looks Adown right B7now and foErever
What C#m7it has pulled aApart, let B7no man tether
G#mHis own body to his F#dream, his dream to someone F#melse
Oh no, oh noB B7
She went Eback to her pitiful C#mcompromise, Bhe'd go back Ato his family
EBut for the matter of a C#mthousand miles that Bseparated Athem entirely
B G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B
In the hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses
G#m G#7/B# C#m F#7/A# B A
Now they both know what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers
And in a Bfunny way it's aEnonymous
A F# B B7/D# E C#m
The satellite, it blesses us and makes these dreams come true
AAll over the C#mworld at the very same Atime
All over the C#mworld
[chorus]
[last 2 chords are B7 and Dsus2, which is a regular D with the E open]