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Airstreams Satellites

Biography:

Garrison Starr is a singer-songwriter who originally hails from Hernando, Mississippi; a suburb of Memphis, TN. She was born on April 29, 1975.

Her first album "Pinwheels" was recorded shortly after her high school graduation. During a 1 1/2 year stint as a student at Ole Miss, Starr met and forged a friendship with fellow artist and producer Neilson Hubbard. To this day, Starr and Hubbard frequently collaborate. Her second release, the 7 track EP "Stupid Girl" references her experiences there which were not always pleasant.

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Garrison Starr - Airstreams & Satellites - Album (2004)

1. Gasoline
2. Sing
3. Hey, Girl
4. Superhero
5. Underneath the Wheel
6. Wonderful Thing
7. Like A Drug
8. Runner Up
9. One-Sided
10. Airstreams And Satellites

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Track 1 - Gasoline

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[Verse 1]
Am C
Gasoline
Am C
I can smell it on my clothes
Am C
You wrapped your arms around me and I woke up
Am C
Soaked in gasoline

[Verse 2]
Am C
Trampoline
Am C
I used the last of my faith
Am C
You shot me straight up to the sky, then I crashed right
Am C
through your trampoline

[Chorus]
G Am
And I wanna be brave
Em F
But you don't make it easy
Am G
And every time I get close
Dm
You get farther away

[Verse 3]
Am C
Hand grenade
Am C
It's difficult to feel safe
Am
You're taking little bitty steps
C Am C
Terrified you don't upset my hand grenade

[Verse 4]
Am C
In my rear view mirror
Am C
Somehow things become so clear
Am
But I'll be damned if I let you
C Am C
Take a backseat to the view in my review mirror

[Chorus]
G Am
'Cause I know you wanna be brave, yeah
Em F
But I don't make it easy
Am G
Every time I get close
Dm C
You get farther away, hey
F G D
And every time we get close

[Bridge]
C G C G D
And I wish I could save you from all the shrieking voices
C G C
Inside your head that rip you to shreds and tell you lies
Am N.C. C Am F G Am
Like there's no happiness to find_______

[Outro] (fade to end)
C Dm
Gasoline
Am
Gasoline
C Dm
Gasoline
Am
Gasoline
C Dm
Gasoline
Am
Gasoline
C Dm
Gasoline
Am C Dm Am C Dm Am
Gasoline

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Track 2 - Sing

CAPO: 4th Fret

[Intro]
C F

[Verse 1]
Am F
The world has lost its head
Am C F
The wheels keep on turning
Dm7 Am F
My spirit's nearly dead
Am C
And the fires keep on burning

[Chorus]
G C F C
But today___ I will sing___
G C F
But today___ I will sing___

[Verse 2]
Am F
I can't wrap my mind
Am C F
Around why it should have to be
Dm7 Am F
So hard to live this life
Am C
And I hope my faith can carry me

[Chorus]
G C F C
But today___ I will sing___
G C F C Am
Oh, today___ I will sing____

[Bridge]
G D Dm Am
I give too much time
G Am G
Chasing shadows I can't ever find
Am Ab
But at the end of every line
Bb C F
The song keeps swelling up inside

[Verse 3]
Am F
It's a drag sometimes
Am C F
To offer up our best
Dm7 Am F
To make the only light
G
In a world of darkness
Am
It's our greatest test

[Chorus]
G C F C G
So today___ I will sing_____
C
Hey, I will sing, sing

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Track 3 - Hey, Girl

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[Intro]
C G C G C G C

[Verse 1]
N.C. C Em
What makes you think
D
You gotta hold the world
C
On your shoulders
Em G D
And handle that load

[Verse 2]
C Em
And who gave you the fine tooth comb?
D
To judge your every move
C Em
Before you've even started
G
To make one

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
Don't you want to open your eyes?
C D
You're dying___

[Verse 3]
C Em
Subtle was the way
D
The clouds rolled in on you
C
To fog up your windows
Em G D
And darken your view

[Verse 4]
C Em
An unforgiving face
D
Who dared you to escape
C
Or living for the chance
Em G
To scare you back in place

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
Don't you want to open your eyes?

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
Don't you want to open your eyes?
C Bm
You're dying___

[Bridge]
C Em
It's no way to live so safe
G
All wrapped up in my fears
C
'Til I just suffocate
Am
I will get through
G
If it's the last thing I do
C G
If it's the last thing I

[Instrumental]
G D G D G D

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
Don't you want to open your eyes?

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
And don't you want to open your eyes?

[Chorus]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day for flying
C G D
Don't you want to open your eyes?

[Outro]
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day
C G D
Hey girl, its a beautiful day

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Track 4 - Superhero

CAPO: 6th Fret

[Intro]
C Am Em

[Verse 1]
F G Am Em F G Am
We are ten years old
Em F G Am Em F G Am
We are holding our breath under water
Em F G Am Em F G Am
Our eardrums are bursting from the pressure
Em F G Am Em F G F
We can touch the bottom
Em F G F
So won't you come away with me

[Chorus]
C G F
'Cause I don't ever wanna leave the stage, yay, hey, hey
C G F
I am a superhero, these days
C G F
I don't ever want to leave my age, yay, hey, hey
C G F G Am Em
I am a superhero, these days, hey

[Verse 2]
F G Am Em F G Am
We are flying high
Em F G Am Em F G Am
(?Above the carpet on feet?)
Em F G Am Em F G Am
And we are airplanes today
Em F G
We can do anything
Am Em F G F
Yeah, we can do anything, yeah

[Chorus]
C G F
'Cause I don't ever wanna leave the stage, yay, hey, hey
C G F
I am a superhero, these days
C G F
I don't ever want to leave my age, yay, hey, hey
C G Dm
I am a superhero, these days

[Bridge]
F G Dm
You touch my cape, I'll take you
F G Dm
You touch my cape, I'll take you
F G Dm
Come on, you touch my cape__ and I'll take you
G
Oh, come on, touch my cape
F
We're gonna make a whole new world

[Chorus]
C G F
'Cause I don't ever wanna leave the stage, yay, hey, hey
C G F
I am a superhero, these days
C G F
I don't ever want to leave my age, yay, hey, hey
C G F G F
I am a superhero, these days, hey, hey, hey, hey, heys
G F
Yeah, yeah, yeah
G F
Yeah______

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Track 5 - Underneath the Wheel

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[Intro]
C Am F C Am F C

[Verse 1]
Am F C
Oh, my god__
Am F C
My heart's as heavy as a stone
Am F C
And where's the spark
Am F
That always lights the road back home

[Chorus]
Dm G
I feel like I'm slipping away
C
I'm falling down, down, down
Dm G
And I feel like you're getting away
C G/B F C
And I'm underneath the wheel

[Verse 2]
Am F C
High and low
Am F C
I've looked in every crack and corner
Am F C
To redefine
Am F
All that is right but out of order

[Chorus]
Dm G
I feel like I'm slipping away
C
I'm falling down, down, down
Dm G
And I feel like you're getting away
C G/B F
And I'm underneath the wheel
C G/B F Eb
I am underneath the wheel

[Bridge]
Bb F
I used to stand so tall
Eb Bb F C
Oblivious to being small, ohh
Gm
Or anything
Bb C Am F
That might clip my wings______
C Am F C
My___ wings

[Verse 3]
Am F C
I'm coming to
Am F C
Accept the moment I've been given
Am F C
The harder I try
Am F
The more trouble I get myself in

[Chorus]
Dm G
So I feel like I'm slipping away
C
I'm falling down, down, down
Dm G
And I feel like you're getting away
C G/B F
And I'm underneath the wheel
C G/B F
I am underneath the wheel
Am G/B F
I am underneath the wheel

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Track 6 - Wonderful Thing

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[Intro]
C
C F C F

[Verse 1]
C F
And I hate love, I really do
C F
It never works out quite the way I want it to
C F
The trap gets set, don't they know
C
The walls go up and then drama begins
Am C
It's all part of the show

[Chorus]
F G
Well, it's a wonderful thing
Am
When its happening
F G
And it's a wonderful thing
N.C. C F
When its happening

[Verse 2]
C F
And I hate love, and I tell you the truth
C F
I'll be the first one there to open up the way that I'm supposed to
C F
But it's an empty room, I'm all by myself
C Am
The other part of the equation comes and goes

And never takes a step

[Chorus]
F G
But it's a wonderful thing
Am
When its happening
F G
Hey, it's a wonderful thing
N.C. C F
When its happening

[Bridge 1]
Dm7 G
This is how it goes
F
We're lonely, hollow souls
Bb
And without love
F N.C. C F C F
Without love, we might as well give up

[Bridge 2]
C
And I hate love, I really do

But there's something to be said
C
For all the joy that came with you

[Chorus] (fade to end)
F G
And it's a wonderful thing
Am
When its happening
F G
Yes, it's a wonderful thing
C F
When its happening
C F
Hey, its happening
C F
Hey, its happening
C
I think its happening

Hey, its happening

Oh, I hope its happening

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Track 7 - Like A Drug

[Intro]
D Em C D Em C D

[Verse 1]
Em C D Em
We got a situation
C D
Come down with me
Em C D Em
I'm running out of patience
C D
For mystery

[Chorus]
C G
And I thought I could hold you

Never mind my disease
C G
'Cause your love is like a drug
D Em C D Em
And I don't wanna give it up_______

[Interlude]
C D Em C D Em C D

[Verse 2]
Em C D Em
I've looked from Silver Lake to Houston
C D
For a refuge
Em C D Em
From your lack of motivation
C D
To follow through

[Chorus]
C G
And I thought I could hold you

And never mind my disease
C G
'Cause your love is like a drug
D Em C D Em
And I don't wanna give it up_______

[Interlude]
C D Em C D Em C

[Bridge]
D Em
You can't settle down
Bm C
For the gossip going around
A7 D
For the ones who betrayed you all along
Em C D Em C D
Or you can prove them wrong
Em C D Em C D
Until you prove them wrong______

[Chorus]
C G
And I thought I could hold you

And never mind my disease
C G
'Cause your love is like a drug
D C
And I don't wanna give it up

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Track 8 - Runner Up

[Verse 1]
C Am
She's gonna blow
F C Am
Her faulty circuitry exposed
F C Am
And though you feel ashamed
F C Am Em Dm
I'm sure she seemed so real from far away___

[Chorus]
C G Dm
And just when you get up your nerve
C G C Dm
To take her at her word
C G Dm
Hiding out somewhere safe
C G
She'll set that hook inside your mouth, you just wait
F C Dm7 F C G
She's a fake___

[Verse 2]
C Am
And she's on a roll
F C Am
She's the perfect picture of complete control
F C Am
But underneath her stage
F C Am Em Dm
She's scared to death you might mean what you say-ay, hey

[Chorus]
C G Dm
And just when you get up your nerve
C G C Dm
To take her at her word
C G Dm
She'll draw you in for a last taste
C G
And when it's time, she will deny what she embraced
F C Dm7
'Cause she's a fake___
F C Dm7
And all men know
F C Dm7 Em
She's a fake___

[Bridge]
Am F
And she will take all that you will let her
Dm C Bb
But you will never get her

[Verse 3]
C Am
'Cause you're the runner up
F C Am
You better learn to keep your big mouth shut
F C Am
You can talk all day
F C Am Em Dm
But you're gonna leave exactly as you came___

[Chorus]
C G Dm
Just when you get up your nerve
C G C Dm
To take her at her sorry word
C G Dm
It's an awful truth you face
C G
Nonetheless you better learn when to cut bait
F C Dm7
'Cause she's a fake___
F
And all men know
Dm7
She's a fake___
F C Dm7
'Cause she's a fake___

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Track 9 - One-Sided

[Intro]
G C G C

[Verse 1]
Am C
Eighty miles from Bristol
D
I was hoping you'd call
Am C
How could I resist
D
The chance to take such a fall

[Verse 2]
G
I was blinded
Bm
I was blinded again
G
You were high
Bm
On something new and different

[Chorus]
C
Tell me you're joking
D
That I would follow you here
Am
Just to watch you disappear
C
When this love is broken
D
Is there any other kind?
Em C G C
I only know one side

[Verse 3]
Am C
Hours away from New York
D
I can't finish a thought
Am C
And how could I resist
D
A chance at impossible

[Verse 4]
G
I was prying
Bm
I was prying again
G
You were dying
Bm
For someone who would listen

[Chorus]
C
Tell me you're joking
D
That I would follow you here
Am
Just to watch you disappear
C
When this love is broken
D
Is there any other kind?
Em C G C
I only know one side___

[Bridge]
Am Em
I know how this will end
C Em
But you give enough
G D
To keep me hoping

[Chorus]
C
So, tell me you're joking
D
That I would follow you here
Am
Just to watch you disappear
C
When this love is broken
D
Is there any other kind?
Em C G C
I only know one side
Em C
I only know one side
Em C
I only know one side

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Track 10 - Airstreams And Satellites

CAPO: 1st Fret

[Intro]
G

[Verse 1]
C F
You said everything is changing
G
I never wanted to go home
C F
The sky above me could have caved in
Am
And I don't think I would have known
G
And I tried to fight
C
The tremors of delight
D
They kept getting bigger

[Chorus]
C Am
And I found stars for you
G F
Among the airstreams and the satellites
C Am
And I'll be falling soon
G C D Em D G
I hope that you'll be falling too

[Verse 2]
C F
I've never been one to get lazy
G
Since I learned how to stay alive
C F
It's the danger that will save me, I know
Am
I'm reaching out for you tonight
G
As I'm walking in
C
Oh, my sweetest friend
D
Could you be any sweeter?

[Chorus]
C Am
And I found stars for you
G F
Among the airstreams and the satellites
C Am
And I'll be falling soon
D C D
And I hope that you'll be falling - too

[Bridge]
C
And the city is a stranger

And I can hardly sit still
Em C
Tell me it gets easier
Em A7
To own up to how I feel

[Chorus]
C Am
'Cause I found stars for you
G F
Among the airstreams and the satellites
C Am
And I'll be falling soon
Em F
I hope that you'll be falling too, oh, oh
C Am
I hope you'll be falling, oh, oh

[Outro]
G
Climbing higher now
C
Hope I don't find out
D
I was only dreaming

Tell me, I'm not dreaming

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