Buttons chords by Josh Pyke

Intro:
Am  Bm  C  D


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

Refrain:
              G         D     Am           C
So you should stitch me in to stop me from bleeding


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


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


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


Bridge:
Em                         G
  But every now and then a tempest blows
Em                        B7
  And the veneer I keep becomes unsewn
    C                      G
But will you ever read me well?
  C
I can only assume so
Em                       G
  And I'm buoyant like a flotsam man
Em                 B7
  Relegated by the waves to land
     C                     G
They dry me like a brittle bone
  C                    Am    C    G    D    Em  G/F#
Paraded like a polished stone


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


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