Satellite Sky chords by Pierce Pettis

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
D MajorD
Why do I lie awake at night
G+G          D MajorD
Think back as for as I can
    E minorEm         D/F#D/F#
To the sound of my father's life outdoors
    G+G         A augmentedA
At the thought of Sputnik in free flight

D MajorD
Before I could fashion my poverty
G+G            D MajorD
Before I distrusted the night
E minorEm
Must've known something
D/F#D/F#
I must've known something
 G+G          A augmentedA
I live for those times tonight

Chorus:
D MajorD
Why why why
G+G   A augmentedA
Why mama why
D MajorD         G+G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D MajorD      A augmentedA    B minorBm
Underneath the satellite sky

Verse:
D MajorD
It can't be easy for the children
G+G         D MajorD
I'm hollow before my time
  E minorEm        D/F#D/F#
It looks like a desert here to me
      G+G       A augmentedA
Where's the promise of youth for my child

D MajorD
Where are the faraway kingdoms of dreams
G+G               D MajorD
We've been to the moon, there's trouble at home
E minorEm           D/F#D/F#
Vanished in the mist with St Nicholas and
  G+G       A augmentedA
The ghettos and war zones

Chorus:
D MajorD
Why why why
G+G    A augmentedA
Oh Why mama why
D MajorD          G+G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
Underneath the satellite sky

Chorus:
D MajorD
Oh why why why
G+G    A augmentedA
Oh why mama why
D MajorD          G+G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
Underneath the satellite sky

Verse:
D MajorD
I want to stand out in the middle of the street
  G+G      D MajorD
And listen to the stars
 E minorEm           D/F#D/F#
I want to hear their sweet voices
     G+G        A augmentedA
I want to feel the big bang rattle my bones

D MajorD
Laugh with the children
G+G         D MajorD
I want the spark to ignite
E minorEm          D/F#D/F#
Before we find out just what it means
G+G          A augmentedA
To be born into these times

Chorus:
D MajorD
Why why why
G+G    A augmentedA
Oh why mama why
D MajorD          G+G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
Underneath the satellite sky

Chorus:
D MajorD
Why why why
G+G    A augmentedA
Oh why mama why
D MajorD          G+G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
Underneath the satellite sky