• Song:

    Satellite

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

  • Album:

    Spike

sponsored links
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius)

Satellite
from Spike
tabbed by ah-HA! Pronoun trouble 


[intro]  Em  C#m  A  B

E (022100@1)                 C#mShe (x13321@4)looked like she learned to dance


B (x2444x@1)           A>From (x02220@1)a series of still pictures


E (022100@1)           C#mShe's (x13321@4)madly excited now


B (x2444x@1)                     AShe (x02220@1)throws her hands up like a tulip

                                                          G#7/B#
B (x2444x@1)               G#7/B#       C#m (x13321@4) F#7/A#  B (x2444x@1)       -----------
She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party     | | 1 1 1 |
                                                       | | | | | 2
                                                       | 3 | | | |
      G#m (133111@4)                 G#7/B#
Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air


    C#m (x13321@4)       F#7/A#  B (x2444x@1)                  AChampagne (x02220@1)rolls off her tongue like a second language

                                                          F#7/A#
       B (x2444x@1)                  E (022100@1)                        --x--------
And it should have been her biggest night              | | 1 | | |
                                                       | | | | 2 |
                                                       3 | | 3 | |
    A (x02220@1)             F# (244322@1)           B (x2444x@1)   B7/D#   EThe (022100@1)satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry

                                                          B7/D#
tacet        C#m (x13321@4)                  A (x02220@1)                -----------
All over the world at the very same time               | | 1 | | |
                                                       | | | 2 | 2
                                                       | | | | | |
       B (x2444x@1)         B7/D# EPeople (022100@1)sharing the same sorrow


       C#m (x13321@4)           AAs (x02220@1)the satellite looks down


    B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)               B7Her (x21202@1)darkest hour is somebody's bright tomorrow

E (022100@1)            C#m (x13321@4)     B (x2444x@1)             AHe (x02220@1)pulled on a cigarette in the crook of his first finger


E (022100@1)               C#m (x13321@4)         B (x2444x@1)            AFelt (x02220@1)the static electric charge of her perfect hourglass figure


   B (x2444x@1)              G#7/B#            C#m (x13321@4)   F#7/A#   BAs (x2444x@1)he undressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent


    G#m (133111@4)             G#7/B#                  C#mHow (x13321@4)could she know as she stepped through the lights


         F#7/A#   B (x2444x@1)            AThat (x02220@1)her dress would become transparent


    B (x2444x@1)                   EAnd (022100@1)with his face pressed to the screen


   A (x02220@1)                 F# (244322@1)          B (x2444x@1)    B7/D#     EHe (022100@1)muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him


tacet        C#m (x13321@4)                  AAll (x02220@1)over the world at the very same time


       B (x2444x@1)         B7/D#         EPeople (022100@1)sharing the same cheap sensation


    C# (x43121@1)               AThe (x02220@1)thrill of watching somebody watching


B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)             B7Those (x21202@1)forbidden things we never mention

[chorus]

    E (022100@1)   C#m7 (x4242x@1)    A (x02220@1)        B7 (x21202@1)      EThe (022100@1)satellite looks down right now and forever


     C#m7 (x4242x@1)         A (x02220@1)       B7What (x21202@1)it has pulled apart, let no man tether


G#m (133111@4)               F# (244322@1)                        F#mHis (244222@1)own body to his dream, his dream to someone else


            B (x2444x@1)  B7Oh (x21202@1)no, oh no

         E (022100@1)                 C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1)          AShe (x02220@1)went back to her pitiful compromise, he'd go back to his family


E (022100@1)                     C#m (x13321@4)               B (x2444x@1)       ABut (x02220@1)for the matter of a thousand miles that separated them entirely


       B (x2444x@1)          G#7/B#             C#m (x13321@4)   F#7/A# BIn (x2444x@1)the hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses


G#m (133111@4)              G#7/B#         C#mF#7/A# (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)         ANow (x02220@1)they both know what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers


         B (x2444x@1)             EAnd (022100@1)in a funny way it's anonymous


    A (x02220@1)           F# (244322@1)           B (x2444x@1)         B7/D#       E (022100@1)  C#mThe (x13321@4)satellite, it blesses us and makes these dreams come true


A (x02220@1)          C#m (x13321@4)                  AAll (x02220@1)over the world at the very same time


             C#mAll (x13321@4)over the world


[chorus]

[last 2 chords are  B7 and Dsus2, which is a regular D with the E open]

Show more
sponsored links
sponsored links