Satellite
Elvis CostelloVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
She looked like she learned to dance
>From a series of still pictures
She's madly excited now
She throws her hands up like a tulip
B G7/B# C#m F#7/A# B -----------{eot}
She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party | | 1 1 1 |
| | | | | 2
| 3 | | | |
Abm
Where cartoon bubbles burst in the air
C#m
F#7
Champagne rolls off her tongue like a second language
F#7
Bb
B E --x--------
And it should have been her biggest night | | 1 | | |
| | | | 2 |
3 | | 3 | |
The satellite looks down on her as she begins to cry
B7
Eb
tacet Cm A -----------{eot}
All over the world at the very same time | | 1 | | |
| | | 2 | 2
| | | | | |
B
B7
People sharing the same sorrow
As the satellite looks down
Her darkest hour is somebody's bright tomorrow
He pulled on a cigarette in the crook of his first finger
Felt the static electric charge of her perfect hourglass figure
B
B#
C#m
F#7
As he undressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent
Abm
B#
How could she know as she stepped through the lights
F#7
That her dress would become transparent
And with his face pressed to the screen
B
B7
He muttered words he'd never dare to say if she could see him
tacet
All over the world at the very same time
B
B7
People sharing the same cheap sensation
The thrill of watching somebody watching
Those forbidden things we never mention
The satellite looks down right now and forever
What it has pulled apart, let no man tether
His own body to his dream, his dream to someone else
Oh no, oh no
She went back to her pitiful compromise, he'd go back to his family
But for the matter of a thousand miles that separated them entirely
B
B#
C#m
F#7
In the hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses
Abm
B#
C#m
F#7
Now they both know what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers
And in a funny way it's anonymous
B
B7
The satellite, it blesses us and makes these dreams come true
All over the world at the very same time
All over the world
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Readable chord sheet for Satellite by Elvis Costello
[Em] [C#m] [A] [B]
S[E]he looked like she le[C#m]arned to dance
>[B]From a series o[A]f still pictures
S[E]he's madly exci[C#m]ted now
S[B]he throws her hands up li[A]ke a tulip
[G#7/B#]
B G
She looks like an illustration of a cocktail party | | 1 1 1 |
| | | | | 2
| 3 | | | |
[Abm]
W[Ab7]here[B#] cartoon bubbles burst in the air
[C#m]
[F#7]
C[Bb]hampa[B]gne rolls off her tong[A]ue like a second language
[F#7]
[Bb]
B E --x--------
And it should have been her biggest night | | 1 | | |
| | | | 2 |
3 | | 3 | |
[A] [F#] [B]
[B7]
T[Eb]he sat[E]ellite looks down on her as she begins to cry
[B7]
[Eb]
tacet C
All over the world at the very same time | | 1 | | |
| | | 2 | 2
| | | | | |
[B]
[B7]
P[Eb]eopl[E]e sharing the same sorrow
A[C#m]s the satellite l[A]ooks down
H[B]er darkest hour i[A]s somebody's bright[B7] tomorrow
H[E]e pulled on a ci[C#m]garette in [B]the crook of his [A]first finger
F[E]elt the static elec[C#m]tric charge of [B]her perfect hour[A]glass figure
[B]
[Ab7] [B#]
[C#m]
[F#7]
A[Bb]s he u[B]ndressed her with his eyes her weakness was his talent
[Abm]
[Ab7] [B#]
H[C#m]ow could she know as she stepped through the lights
[F#7]
T[Bb]hat he[B]r dress would be[A]come transparent
A[B]nd with his face presse[E]d to the screen
[A] [F#] [B]
[B7]
H[Eb]e mutter[E]ed words he'd never dare to say if she could see him
tacet
A[C#m]ll over the world at the[A] very same time
[B]
[B7]
P[Eb]eople sharin[E]g the same cheap sensation
T[C#]he thrill of watchin[A]g somebody watching
T[B]hose forbidden th[A]ings we never men[B7]tion
T[E]he sate[C#m7]llite looks[A] down right [B7]now and for[E]ever
W[C#m7]hat it has pulle[A]d apart, le[B7]t no man tether
H[Abm]is own body to his dr[F#]eam, his dream to someone els[F#m]e
O[B]h no, [B7]oh no
S[E]he went back to her p[C#m]itiful compro[B]mise, he'd go [A]back to his family
B[E]ut for the matter of a th[C#m]ousand miles that sep[B]arated them[A] entirely
[B]
[Ab7] [B#]
[C#m]
[F#7]
I[Bb]n th[B]e hot unloving spotlight with the secrets it arouses
[Abm]
[Ab7] [B#]
[C#m]
[F#7]
N[Bb]ow th[B]ey both know [A]what it's like inside a pornographer's trousers
A[B]nd in a funny way[E] it's anonymous
[A] [F#] [B]
[B7]
T[Eb]he satelli[E]te, it[C#m] blesses us and makes these dreams come true
A[A]ll over the wo[C#m]rld at the very same tim[A]e
A[C#m]ll over the world