Satellite Sky chords by
Mark Heard

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Why do I lie awake at night,
think back just as far as I can,
to the sound of my father's laugh
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outdoors, the thought of
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Sputnik in free- flight?
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Before I could fashion my poverty,
before I mistrusted the night,
I must've known something
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I must've known something - those
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were the times I live for tonight

Verse 2
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Why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
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C C 
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underneath the satellite sky?
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Why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight un
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D D 
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derneath the satellite sky?

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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It can't be easy for my children: I'm
hollow before my time
It looks like the desert here to me
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Where is the promise of
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youth for my child?
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Where are the faraway
kingdoms of dreams?
Been to the moon when
there's trouble at home
They vanished in the mist
with Saint Nicholas,
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and lie scattered in the ghettos
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and the war zones

Verse 4
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And why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
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C C 
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underneath the satellite sky?
G G 
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Why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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C C 
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight underneath
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the satellite sky?

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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I want to stand out in the middle of the street,
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listen to the stars
I want to hear their sweet voices and I
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want to feel the big bang rattle my bones
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I want to laugh for my children,
want the spark to ignite before they find
out what it's like to be
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born into these times

Verse 6
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Why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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C C 
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight un
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G G 
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derneath the satellite sky?
Why? Why? Why?
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I say, "Why? Mama, why?"
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C C 
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Why can't I sleep in peace tonight underneath the
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satellite sky?

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