Tonart: G major
Intro 1
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
Verse 1
B
I lie awake at night
E
B
and think back just as far as I can
E
To the sound of my father
E
F#
To the thought of Sputnik in preflight
B
Before I could fashion my poverty
E
B
Before I mistrusted the night
E
I must have known something,
B
I must have known something
I said, why, Mama, why
F#
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
E
Underneath that satellite sky
F#
I said why, mama, why
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
Underneath the satellite sky
It can't be easy for my children
E
B
I'm hollow before my time
E
B
It looks like the desert here to me
E
Where is the promise of
kingdoms of dreams
B
but there's trouble at home
E
B
They vanish in the mist like Saint Nicholas
E
And lie scattered in the ghettos
I said why, Mama, why
F#
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
E
underneath the satellite sky?
F#
I said, why, mama, why?
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
underneath the satellite sky?
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
I want to stand out in the
middle of the street
E
B
and listen to the stars
E
B
I want to hear their sweet voices
E
F#
I want to feel the big bang rattle my bones
B
I want to laugh at my children
E
B
I want the spark to ignite
E
B
Before they find out what it's like
E
F#
to be born into these times
F#
I said why, Mama, why
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
E
underneath the satellite sky?
I said why, Mama, why
F#
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
B
F#
B
Underneath the satellite sky
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
E
B
B
F#
B
Why, why, why,
F#
I said why, mama, why
B
E
Why can't I sleep in peace tonight
B
F#
E
Underneath the satellite sky
B
F#
B
E
F#
B
F#
B
Outro 1
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteF# B E
Mehr Songs von Kate Taylor
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
Ähnliche Songs
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer
