Silent Key by Frank Turner
I love this song, tragic but so beautiful.
From the new Frank Turner album
Positive Songs for Negative People
Intro: E B A
E B A
E B A
E B Am
E B A
On the 28th of January 1986
E B A
Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror as the O-rings failed
A
And she died, and she died, and she died
E B A
For the next agonising two minutes and forty five long seconds
E B A
She called out the truth on a broken radio
A
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
B E A
It came as some surprise to realise that as she lost everything
B E A
The world was revealing a transmission so real that she understood everything
E B A
You're still alive
E B A
You're still alive
E B A
Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away
A E B A
A home made ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home
A
Came alive, came alive, came alive
E B A E
And so the 4 year old amateur operator thus became the only person to hear
B A
Christa's last desperate communique
A
We're alive, we're alive, we're alive
B E A
It came as some surprise to realise what he didn't catch everything
B E A
The world was revealing a transmission so real that he understood everything
E …....
You're still alive
(E soft)
And Christa said
E Am
The darkness up above
B C#m
Led me on like unrequited love
Am
While all the things I need
B
Were down here in the deep blue sea
E Am
The darkness up above
B C#m
Led me on like unrequited love
Am
While all the things I need
B
Were down here in the deep blue sea
E Am
The darkness up above
B C#m
Led me on like unrequited love
Am
While all the things I need
B
Were down here in the deep blue sea
E Am
At 4 years old
B C#m
I heard the truth on my radio
Am E
So now I keep a moments silence for my silent key
E B A
My silent key
E B A
My silent key
E B A
My silent key
E B A......
Chords transcribed from the recording by LeighRMusic (LeighRichardsonmusic)
