Satellite Sky chords by Pierce Pettis

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

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

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

Chorus:
D
Why why why
G      A
Why mama why
D                  G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D            A       Bm
Underneath the satellite sky

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

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

Chorus:
D
Why why why
G       A
Oh Why mama why
D                    G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D             A       Bm
Underneath the satellite sky

Chorus:
D
Oh why why why
G       A
Oh why mama why
D                    G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D             A       Bm
Underneath the satellite sky

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

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

Chorus:
D
Why why why
G       A
Oh why mama why
D                    G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D             A       Bm
Underneath the satellite sky

Chorus:
D
Why why why
G       A
Oh why mama why
D                    G
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
D             A       Bm
Underneath the satellite sky