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Satellite Chords by Elvis Costello

Satellite chords by Elvis Costello

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Satellite
from Spike
tabbed by ah-HA! Pronoun trouble


[intro]  Em  C#m  A  B

E                   C#m
She looked like she ....


B             A
>From a series of still pictures....
E             C#m
She's madly ...
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B                       A
She throws her ...

                                                          G#7/B#
B                 G#7/B#       C#m   F#7/A#  B         -----------
She looks like an illustration ....                    | | 1 1 1 |
                                                       | | | | | 2
                                                       | 3 | | | |
      G#m                   G#7/B#
Where cartoon bubbles ....


    C#m         F#7/A#  B                    A
Champagne rolls off her ...
                                                          F#7/A#
       B                    E                          --x--------
And it should have been her ...| | 1 | | |
                                                       | | | | 2 |
                                                       3 | | 3 | |
    A               F#             B     B7/D#   E
The satellite looks down on her as ....

                                                          B7/D#
tacet        C#m                    A                  -----------
All over the world   ...                               | | 1 | | |
                                                       | | | 2 | 2
                                                       | | | | | |
       B           B7/D# E
People sharing the ...


       C#m             A
As the satellite ....


    B               A                 B7
Her darkest hour is ...



E              C#m       B               A
He pulled on a cigarette in the ...


E                 C#m           B              A
Felt the static electric charge of her ....


   B                G#7/B#            C#m     F#7/A#   B
As he undressed her with his eyes her ...


    G#m               G#7/B#                  C#m
How could she know as she ...


         F#7/A#   B              A
That her dress would ...


    B                     E
And with his face ...


   A                   F#            B      B7/D#     E
He muttered words he'd never dare to ...


tacet        C#m                    A
All over the world at ....


       B           B7/D#         E
People sharing the same ...
    C#                 A
The thrill of watching ...


B               A               B7
Those forbidden things we ...



[chorus]

    E     C#m7      A          B7        E
The satellite looks down ...


     C#m7           A         B7
What it has pulled ...


G#m                 F#                          F#m
His own body to his dream, his ...


            B    B7
Oh no, oh no



         E                   C#m         B            A
She went back to her pitiful compromise, ...


E                       C#m                 B         A
But for the matter of a thousand miles ....


       B            G#7/B#             C#m     F#7/A# B
In the hot unloving spotlight with ...


G#m                G#7/B#         C#m F#7/A#  B           A
Now they both know what it's like ....


         B               E
And in a funny way it's ....


    A             F#             B           B7/D#       E    C#m
The satellite, it blesses us and ...


A            C#m                    A
All over the world at ....


             C#m
All over the world


[chorus]

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

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