Jun192020

Phoebe Bridgers – Chinese Satellite Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsG Dadd11/F#Cadd9 A7sus4 Em7 Em11/A Dsus4

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[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
G    Dadd11/F# Cadd9
I’ve been running around in circles
G Dadd11/F# Cadd9
Pretending to be myself
G    A7sus4 Cadd9
Why would somebody do this on purpose
G    Dadd11/F# Cadd9
When they could do something else?
Em7 Em11/A            Cadd9
Drowning out the morning birds
G Dsus4 Cadd9
With the same three songs over and over
G Dsus4 Cadd9
I wish I wrote it, but I didn’t so I learn the words
G Dadd11/F#    Cadd9
Hum along ’til the feeling’s gone forever

[Verse 2]
Cadd9 G Dsus4
Took a tour to see the stars
A7sus4 Cadd9
But they weren’t out tonight
Cadd9 G Dsus4
So I wished hard on a Chinese satellite
Cadd9 G Dsus4
I want to believe
Cadd9 G Dsus4
Instead I look at the sky and I feel nothing
Cadd9 G Dsus4
You know I hate to be alone
Cadd9
I want to be wrong

[Verse 3]
G Dadd11/F# Cadd9
You were screamin’ at the Evangelicals
G Dsus4 Cadd9
They were screamin’ right back from what I remember
G Dsus4 Cadd9
When you said I will never be your vegetable
G Dadd11/F# Cadd9
Because I think when you’re gone it’s forever
G Cadd9 G
But you know I’d stand on the corner
Dsus4 A7sus4 Cadd9
Embarrassed with a picket sign
Cadd9 G
If it meant I would see you
Dsus4
When I die

[Verse 4]
Cadd9 G Dsus4
Sometimes when I can’t sleep
Cadd9 G Dsus4
It’s just a matter of time before I’m hearing things
Cadd9 G Dsus4
Swore I could feel you through the walls
Dsus4
But that’s impossible
Cadd9 G Dsus4
I want to believe
Cadd9 G Dsus4
That if I go outside I’ll see a tractor beam
Cadd9 G Dsus4
Coming to take me to where I’m from
Dsus4 Em11/A Cadd9
I want to go home
Cadd9

How to play Chinese Satellite: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of Chinese Satellite by Phoebe Bridgers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Chinese Satellite by Phoebe Bridgers is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: G, Dadd11/F#, Cadd9, A7sus4, Em7, Em11/A and Dsus4.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Cadd9 – G – Dsus4 – Cadd9 (IVadd9 – I – Vsus4 – IVadd9 in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Dadd11/F# and Em11/A are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.