The Stars Look Down chords by
Hoodoo Gurus
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Key: C major

Verse 1
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
I made a paper plane
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
And threw it into space
G G 
 
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
It seemed to float forever
G G 
 
No telling where it went
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
Snatched by  a sudden breeze
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
It sails the wide, blue yonder
G G 
 
I know my aeroplane
F F 
 
Fell back to earth again
C C 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
But I pretend
G G 
 
It never

Verse 2
G G 
 
One moonless, summer night
F F 
 
We'll lie back counting stars
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
Like diamonds on black velvet
We'll see the satellites
F F 
 
Fly past the southern cross
G G 
 
C C 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
And laugh as they observe us
Somewhere a river flows
F F 
 
And whispers in the dark
C C 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
A story near- eternal
It speaks of mountain rain
F F 
 
Valleys and open plain
C C 
 
F F 
 
And hungers for
G G 
 
F F 
 
The ocean
G G 
 
F F 
 

Verse 3

I don't wanna die

Interlude 1

Verse 4
F F 
 
Tonight, the setting sun
Blood- stained this ragged day
C C 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
And left our hopes in tatters
But then the twilight came
F F 
 
And covered up our shame
C C 
 
F F 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Without a trace of pity
G G 
 
Always the stars look down
F F 
 
The heavens never care
C C 
 
F F 
 
They only watch,
Dm Dm 
 
G G 
 
unblinking

Interlude 2

Verse 5

I don'twan

die

Interlude 3

Verse 6

I made a paper plane

And threw it into space

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C Dm F

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