As If By Design chords by Dawes

Intro:
E


Verse 1:

E
The stars were just the holes punched in the shoebox

                                                      B
That gives the creature all the air he needs to breathe

As if every constellation was just a form of inhalation

                   Am               E
From a captor too enormous to conceive

Verse 2:

E
The moon beamed like a coach from junior high school

                                                      B
When players hacked their way through each opposing team

And the brighter it was shining, felt like the wider he was smiling

                     Am                   E
On a season that he loved too much to leave


Chorus:

E                                                          B
When you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much

                                                                     E
Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush

                                                       A
And in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned

                     B              E
It all runs together, as if by design


Verse 3:

The boat out in the middle of the ocean

                                            B
Is like the butterfly just breathing on the sea

Giving all of its attention to this new and strange reflection

                  Am                E
Not recognized as what it used to be


Chorus:

E                                                          B
When you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much

                                                                     E
Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush

                                                        A
When in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned

                     F#      B E
It all runs together, as if by design


Bridge:

      A#m
Every day getting a little

     A
More acquainted with the riddles

B         F#m                           B
Until I'm looking for them everywhere I go


Solo:

E C#m C# C#m F#7 B

F#m E D#m C# B

E Bm D A F#m A F#m B E


Chorus:

E
When you stare off in the night sometimes you see a little too much

                                                                     B
Sometimes there's a world behind the mirror, sometimes a razor and a toothbrush

                                                       A      F#m A
And in those fleeting moments when the stars all seem aligned

                   F#  B       E
It all runs together, as if by design

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As if by design

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As if by design