Chinese Satellite

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 3 half steps down [ -3 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 3 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro: Bb
 
Verse 1:
Bb                Fsus4    Ebadd9
I've been running around in circles
Bb            Fsus4    Ebadd9
Pretending to be myself
Bb                 C7sus4    Ebadd9
Why would somebody do this on purpose
Bb                Fsus4     Ebadd9
When they could do something else?
Gm7              Ebadd9
Drowning out the morning birds
        Bb               Fsus4      Ebadd9
With the same three songs over and over
         Bb              Fsus4       Ebadd9
I wish I wrote it, but I didn't so I learn the words
      Bb                     Fsus4       Ebadd9
Hum along 'til the feeling's gone forever
 
Verse 2:
       Ebadd9  Bb      Fsus4  
Took a tour to see the stars
      C7sus4            Ebadd9
But they weren't out tonight
            Ebadd9    Bb           Fsus4  
So I wished hard on a Chinese satellite
  Ebadd9     Bb  Fsus4  
I want to believe
Ebadd9                Bb             Fsus4  
Instead I look at the sky and I feel nothing
Ebadd9     Bb          Fsus4  
You know I hate to be alone
             Ebadd9
I want to be wrong
 
Verse 3:
Bb                        Fsus4    Ebadd9
You were screamin' at the Evangelicals
          Bb                        Fsus4        Ebadd9
They were screamin' right back from what I remember
              Bb     Fsus4        Ebadd9
When you said I will never be your vegetable
        Bb                  Fsus4          Ebadd9
Because I think when you're gone it's forever
    Bb           Ebadd9       Bb
But you know I'd stand on the corner
   Fsus4          C7sus4 Ebadd9
Embarrassed with a picket sign
      Ebadd9        Bb
If it meant I would see you
       Fsus4  
When I die
 
Verse 4:
          Ebadd9       Bb   Fsus4  
Sometimes when I can't sleep
Ebadd9                Bb              Fsus4  
It's just a matter of time before I'm hearing things
Ebadd9        Bb                   Fsus4  
Swore I could feel you through the walls
Fsus4  
But that's impossible
Ebadd9       Bb  Fsus4  
I want to believe
Ebadd9          Bb              Fsus4  
That if I go outside I'll see a tractor beam
Ebadd9    Bb          Fsus4  
Coming to take me to where I'm from
Fsus4    Gm7 Ebadd9
I want to go home
 
Outro: Ebadd9
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-1
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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I can do 4 chords and nothing else

At the start of quarantine, I got so sad I couldn’t play this – Bb was just too hard for me and I felt so disheartened. Now it’s November and I’m strumming like a champ 🙂 practice really does make perfect! (I’m aware that as of posting this it’s a relatively new arrangement, there was another version of this that I couldn’t play due to the Bb chord)

Kit-Kat Bar

I swear I don’t play for 1 week and now all the good songs are on! lol, anyway love to all who play and thi sis probably the only thing keeping me sane in quarentine.

Random Person

I am happy I have a ukulele so I can play songs. Its kept my spirits high during quarantine. I do find myself mostly playing Cavetown songs 😅 but, I mean, who can blame me, they are really fun to play, and I feel like most of Cavetowns songs mean something to everyone in different ways. Thats why I love music. It may be talking about one thing, sure, but to everyone who hears it, they could be interpreting it in another way. I love hearing different interpretations of songs and what everyone thinks its about and how it hits home for them. I love playing songs and seeing the different reactions and hearing feedback, and thank you uketabs for helping me learn them ☺️

Morgen

-5 sounds best I think 🙂

lemonboiiii

Verse 1: D-DU
Instrumental/Verse 2/Verse 3: DD-UD
Chorus: Strum down once/DDUD
Bridge: Strum down once/DD-DUDUD
Pre chorus: Strum down once

LemonadeSky

im glad this was added!

Smol haind

If you have smol hands try +7 on the transposer

anyeh

+5 sounds the most accurate to the original

Last edited 4 years ago by anyeh
Wheels

strumming pattern anyone? TTwTT
i can play it decently but i think it might sound better with a consistent strumming pattern =w=)

Hi all

Strumming pattern?

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Biography

Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American indie musician from Los Angeles, California. Best known for her work as a solo singer-songwriter, she is also known for being part of the musical groups boygenius (with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus) and Better Oblivion Community Center (with Conor Oberst). Bridgers made her solo debut with the studio album Stranger in the Alps (2017), followed by Punisher (2020) which earned Bridgers widespread critical acclaim and four Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist.

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