Uploaded May 2008 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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There's a great version of this at Midnight Ukulele Disco (ukuleledisco.com/suchgreatheights).


Verse

(G)I tried my best to (Bm*)leave, this all on
your (Am) machine, but the persistant beat it
(C) sounded thin (C*) upon listening.
And (G) that, frankly will not (Bm*) fly, you will
hear the shrillest (Am) highs and the lowest lows
with the windows (C) down when this is guiding
you home.

Chorus

(G) They will see us waving from (D) such
great heights come (Am) down now they'll (Em) say. (D)
But (G) everything looks perfect from (D) far away,
come (Am) down now, but (Em) we'll stay. (D)

I changed a couple of the chords, which look like this in D tuning:
Bm*: 2003 (instead of 2000)
C*: 3213 (instead of 3211)

A sad post script- my cat passed away 3 days after appearing in this video.