Buttons chords by Josh Pyke

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC D MajorD


Verse 1:
A minorAm         B minorBm        C majorC
 In my mind, not enough birds have died
    D MajorD            A minorAm
In the shadow of this once cast stone
    B minorBm          C majorC
And I'm not unwell, but I am ill at ease
       D MajorD           A minorAm
With all the buttons still left to sew
    B minorBm   C majorC      D MajorD          A minorAm   B minorBm
Through needles eyes, see me sharper than I see myself

Refrain:
       G+G     D MajorD   A minorAm      C majorC
So you should stitch me in to stop me from bleeding


Verse 2:
A minorAm           B minorBm      C majorC
 And education can be fickle I think
       D MajorD
Sometimes the more you learn
  A minorAm       B minorBm             C majorC
The more you lose a sense of what you think you know
       D MajorD           A minorAm
About all the buttons still left to sew
  B minorBm   C majorC      D MajorD          A minorAm   B minorBm
And I'm outside myself more and more these days


Refrain:
       G+G     D MajorD    A minorAm      C majorC
So you should stitch my skin to stop me from bleeding
               A minorAm
All over this fresh song and I
          E minorEm
Acknowledge all the corners
          G+G    D MajorD      A minorAm       C majorC
And all the freshly painted walls, that bear no former scars
                 A minorAm
Since they're patched up and over now
         E minorEm
But I was born of miners
          G+G   D MajorD   A minorAm      C majorC
And I'm designed to chip away, tunnel into the dark

Chorus:
C majorC          G+G            D MajorD
 But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
A minorAm B minorBm   C majorC
I  don't know
            G+G           D MajorD        A minorAm
When hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
B minorBm    C majorC
Sharks below
         G+G                 D MajorD
Though I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
             A minorAm       B minorBm    C majorC    G/F#
I'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows


Bridge:
E minorEm             G+G
 But every now and then a tempest blows
E minorEm            B7B7
 And the veneer I keep becomes unsewn
  C majorC           G+G
But will you ever read me well?
 C majorC
I can only assume so
E minorEm            G+G
 And I'm buoyant like a flotsam man
E minorEm         B7B7
 Relegated by the waves to land
   C majorC           G+G
They dry me like a brittle bone
 C majorC          A minorAm  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm G/F#
Paraded like a polished stone


Chorus:
C majorC          G+G            D MajorD
 But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
E minorEm G/F#  C majorC
I  don't know
            G+G           D MajorD        E minorEm
When hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
G/F#   C majorC
Sharks below
         G+G                 D MajorD
Though I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
             E minorEm       G/F#   C majorC  G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm G/F#
I'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows


Chorus:
C majorC          G+G            D MajorD
 But why must it always come down to some unseen contender?
E minorEm G/F#  C majorC
I  don't know
            G+G           D MajorD        E minorEm
When hatchlings all we are just battling the whitewash birds above
G/F#   C majorC
Sharks below
         G+G                 D MajorD
Though I feel empathy towards the ones who threaten me
             E minorEm       G/F#   C majorC  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm
I'd still leave them soft-shelled to the beaks of crows
          G/F#   C majorC  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm
And that's what you ought to know
              G/F#  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm   G/F#  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD E minorEm
I'd see them smashed on the reefs below