Silent Key

Intro: E  B  A
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       E  B  Am


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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



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Four thousand nautical miles as the crow flies away
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A home made ham radio in the loft of a Hampshire family home
A
Came alive, came alive, came alive
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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
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My silent key
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My silent key
          E            B             A
My silent key

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