Original tuning standard D
Can simplify chords best in standard E tuning by either:
- transposing chords down 3 half-steps (first chord Bm) and using capo 3, or
- transposing chords down 5 half-steps (first chord Am) and using capo 5
ORDER: V1 PC1 C PsC V2 PC2 C PsC B1 INT B2 C PsC
[VERSE 1]
Dm
Darkening skies
Dm
Coming this way
Dm
Falling behind
Dm
Into nothing
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Bb Gm Dm
But if you lead I will fol - low a thousand miles away
Bb Gm Dm F Dm
I will be your Apol - lo alone in outer space (...ace ... ace...)
[CHORUS]
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
Sa - tellite, shine on me tonight
Dm F
I will be your gravity, I will stay and never leave
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
My sa - tellite, are you here tonight?
Dm F
Shine your light and set me free, take the dark - ness out of me
[POST-CHORUS]
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me
[VERSE 2]
Dm
Blinded I wait
Dm
The end is forming
Dm
You are my fate
Dm
Give me warning
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
(can just play the root note in Dm through all chords in this pre-chorus)
Bb Gm Dm
But if you lead I will fol - low a thousand miles away
Bb Gm Dm n.c.
I will be your Apol - lo alone in ou...
[CHORUS]
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
Sa - tellite, shine on me tonight
Dm F
I will be your gravity, I will stay and never leave
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
My sa - tellite, are you here tonight?
Dm F
Shine your light and set me free, take the dark - ness out of me
[POST-CHORUS]
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me
[BRIDGE 1]
Dm
Far across the emptiness I walk the night
F
And search the silence in the dark you left behind
Dm Gm
I seek the stars above the worlds to be the guides
F
But they all pale against the light in your eyes
[INTERLUDE]
Bb | | | | Dm | | F | n.c. |
in your eyes
[BRIDGE 2]
Bb
And I won't suppose to know why you walked away
Dm F
But I can feel you pushing through beyond the space
Bb
So send your energy to me and I'll push through
Dm F n.c.
Send your sig - nal home and bring me back to you
[CHORUS]
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
Sa - tellite, shine on me tonight
Dm F
I will be your gravity, I will stay and never leave
Bbmaj7 Dm/A Gm
My sa - tellite, are you here tonight?
Dm F
Shine your light and set me free, take the dark - ness out of me
[POST-CHORUS]
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me
Bb Gm Dm F
Shine on me