Silent Key

Intro: E  B  A
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On the 28th of January 1986
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Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror 
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as the O-rings failed
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And she died, and she died, and she 
died
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For the next agonising two minutes
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 and forty five long seconds
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She called out the truth on a 
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broken radio
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I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive



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It came as some surprise to 
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realise that as she lost everything
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The world was revealing a 
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transmission so real that she 
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understood everything
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You're still alive
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You're still alive
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Four thousand nautical miles as 
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the crow flies away
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A home made ham radio in the loft
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 of a Hampshire family home
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Came alive, came alive, came alive
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And so the 4 year old amateur 
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operator thus became the only 
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person to hear
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Christa's last desperate communique
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We're alive, we're alive, we're 
alive



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It came as some surprise to 
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realise what he didn't catch 
everything
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The world was revealing a 
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transmission so real that he 
             A
understood everything
             E …....
You're still alive



(E soft)
And Christa said
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The darkness up above
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Led me on like unrequited love
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While all the things I need
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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



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At 4 years old
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I heard the truth on my radio
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So now I keep a moments silence for
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 my silent key
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My silent key
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My silent key
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My silent key
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