Buttons Chords by Josh Pyke

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[A] _ In my mind [G] not enough birds have [C] _ died [D] in the shadow of this once [E] custom
And [Bm] I'm not [G] unwell
[A] But I'm your laddies [D] with all the buttons [E] still left to sew
_ [Bm] Through _ needles [C] _ I [E] see me sharper than I see myself
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] So you should stitch [D] me [G] in to stop me [C] from bleeding
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] And education [Bm] can be fickle I think
[C] _ _
Sometimes [D] the more you [A] learn the more you [Bm] lose a sense of what you think [C] you know
_ [D] About the buttons still [E] left to sew
_ _ [B] And [C] I'm outside _ [D] myself more [E] and more [Am] these days
_ _ [Bm] _ _ So you should [G] stitch my skin to stop me [C] from bleeding all over this fresh [A] sunken life
Acknowledge [C] all the corners and all the freshly painted [D] walls
[G] Have been a [C] form of scar since they're patched up and over [A] now
But I was [C] born a miner and I'm [G] designed to chip [D] away
[G] Tunnel [C] into the dark
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[C] _ _ Why [G] must it always come down to some [D] unseen _ contender
[G] I [C] don't know
On hatchlings [G] all we are just battling the [D] white washed birds above
_ [G] Sharks [C] below
Though I feel [G] empathy towards the ones who [D] threaten me
I'd still leave them [B] soft-shelled through the [G] beaks of _ [C] rose _ _ _ _
[Em] But every now [G] and then a tempest [Em] blows
And every year I [F#] keep becoming sun sun
[C] But will you ever [G] read me well?
[C] I can only [Em] assume so
But I am boiling [G] like a flotsam [Em] man
_ Relegated [F#] by the whites [B] to lead
[C] They draw me like a brittle [G] bone
_ [C] Who rained it like a [A] polished _ stone _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] Why must it always come down to [E] some unseen _ contender
I [F#] _
[C] don't know
On hatchlings [G] all we are just battling [E] the white washed [Em] birds above [F#] Sharks [C] below
Though I feel [G] empathy towards the ones who [D] threaten me
I'd [B] still leave them soft [Bm]-shelled through the beaks [C] of _ _ [G] rose
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C] _ _ Why must [G] it always come [D] down to some unseen _ contender
I [F#] _
[C] don't know
On hatchlings [G] all we are just [D] battling the white washed [Bm] birds above Sharks [C] below
Though I feel [G] empathy towards the ones who [D] threaten me
I'd still [Bm] leave them soft-shelled through the beaks [C] of _ rose
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[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ That's [G] what you ought to [C] _ _ _ [G] know
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_ _ [Em] I think I'm slashing [Bm] on the leaves [C] below
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