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FI've locked myself in a Chotel room
FThen waited all night for the waClls to move
FI've loved some girls Cthat I barely knew
FI've made some friends, and I've Clost some too
FCrashed my car, I was Cseventeen
FMy mother in the seat riding Cnext to me
FThe things I've learned from Ca broken mirror
FHow a face can change when a Cheart knows fear
DmFor all the things my eyes have seen, 
FThe best by far is you
If I could fCly, then I would Amknow
What life looks Flike from up above and down bCelow
I'd keep you sGafe, I'd keep you Amdry
Don't be afraFid, Cecilia, I'm the satellCite
And you're the sky
FOh, COh, Goh, Amoh
FOh, COh, Goh, Amoh
FI've café crawled through CAmsterdam
FBeen around the world with a Cpunk rock band
FAnd I've seen London, and I've Cplayed Japan
FI've been knocked down, CI got up again
DmFor all the places I have been, 
FI'm no place without you
If I could fCly, then I would Amknow
What life looks Flike from up above and down bCelow
I'd keep you sGafe, I'd keep you Amdry
Don't be afraFid, Cecilia, I'm the satellCite
               (F)  
And you're the sky
(FOh, COh, Goh, Amoh)
    F     C    G                  Am(F)
(Oh, Oh, oh, oh) I'm the satellite
    F     C    G                    Am(F)
(Oh, Oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky
(FOh, COh, Goh, Amoh)
F  C
DmFor all the things my hands have held,
FThe best by far is you
If I could fCly, then I would Amknow
What life looks Flike from up above and down bCelow
I'd keep you sGafe, I'd keep you Amdry
             N.C.
Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite
               (F)  
And you're the sky
    F     C     G                   Am(F)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky
    F     C     G                   Am(F)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky
    F     C     G                 Am(F)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) I'm the satellite
    F     C     G                   Am(F)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky
    F     C     G                   Am(F)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky
 F    Cx4

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Cecilia And The Satellite

by Andrew McMahon

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F C

I've locked myself in a hotel room

F C

Then waited all night for the walls to move

F C

I've loved some girls that I barely knew

F C

I've made some friends, and I've lost some too

F C

Crashed my car, I was seventeen

F C

My mother in the seat riding next to me

F C

The things I've learned from a broken mirror

F C

How a face can change when a heart knows fear

For all the things my eyes have seen,

The best by far is you

C Am

If I could fly, then I would know

F C

What life looks like from up above and down below

G Am

I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry

F C

Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite

And you're the sky

F C G Am

Oh, Oh, oh, oh

F C G Am

Oh, Oh, oh, oh

F C

I've café crawled through Amsterdam

F C

Been around the world with a punk rock band

F C

And I've seen London, and I've played Japan

F C

I've been knocked down, I got up again

For all the places I have been,

I'm no place without you

C Am

If I could fly, then I would know

F C

What life looks like from up above and down below

G Am

I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry

F C

Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite

()

And you're the sky

F C G Am

(Oh, Oh, oh, oh)

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, Oh, oh, oh) I'm the satellite

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, Oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky

F C G Am

(Oh, Oh, oh, oh)

F C

For all the things my hands have held,

The best by far is you

C Am

If I could fly, then I would know

F C

What life looks like from up above and down below

G Am

I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry

N.C.

Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite

()

And you're the sky

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) I'm the satellite

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky

F C G Am F

()

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) And you're the sky

F C

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